Judge Bork’s Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing
Surely the Senate and the public will note that Bork’s two prime defenders on the Judiciary Committee, Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Alan Simpson (R-Wyoming), are the same two senators who went to similar extremes in praising the lying and deceiving Lt. Col. Oliver North and Rear Adm. John Poindexter during the Iran- contra hearings.
J. HAROLD WILLIAMS
Signal Hill
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