then bob bork stood up. he opened not with a legal argument, but with an observation about economics. if the issuing bank really was charging excessive interest, interest high or than the rival bank was allowed to charge, it was doing a favor for the rivals. consumers should flock to the rivals and pay less. now, maybe the issuing bank was charging higher interest because it was taking on riskier customers, customers who were less likely to repay. but in that event, everybodys could gain.cu customers with poor credit would go to the high interest bank, customers with good credit would go to the low interest bank. everybody would have some business, and everybody would be better off. it would be almost as if there were an invisible hand. and then he produced this line, and i quote: mar death, the rival, needed an advertisingquet agency. instead it hired a lawyer. you should send it to the right specialist. [laughter] and after that bob bork had the justices eating out of his hand. it didn't take the court lon

so bob bork saved justice by staying. had he quit in protest, he probably would have been treated as a national hero and confirmed to the supreme court in 1987. perhaps he would have been appointed by president ford in 1976 to the seat that went to john paul stevens. he was on the list that edward levy sent to president ford of possibilities. but had he quit, the nation as a whole would have suffered. so he stayed in office, in the sg's office. he was so determined not to benefit that he turned down an opportunity to be appointed as attorney general, he turned down the chance to work from the attorney general's more elegant office, he avoided the attorney general's private dining room, and he even turned down the attorney general's chauffer and limousine during the time he was acting attorney general. i can't say much more about those times. today occupied the last six months of 1973, and i did not arrive in the solicitor general's office until mid 1974. but everything bob bork says in his book he said in 1974 too. richar

it was a do unanimous way for bob bork's reason. the credit card carried a rate of interest that was legal in the state where the bank at its headquarters with you it was taking on risk your customers, customers who are most likely to repay. everybody could gain, customers would good credit will go to low interest banks. everyone would have some business. and everyone would be better off. almost as if there were an invisible hand. and he produced this line. and i quote that marquette, the rival, needed an advertising agency. instead, it hired a lawyer. after that, bob had the justices eating out of his hand. it didn't take the court long for the unanimous opinion in his favor. i have never seen a case turnaround so neatly by an appellate advocate. let me come to the three case studies about solicitor general bork's role. the first of these is one of the supreme court never decided. the boston school segregation dispute he first came to the nixon administration's attention after writing an article concerning the courts had overused s

so if bob had walked the plank the department of justice would have been leaderless. no one knew who the president might install. rich edson and bork feared it would be a political shell leading the assistant attorney general and much of the department senior leadership to resign and crippling the department so bob bought say of justice by saying, then he quit in protest, he probably would have been treated as a national hero and confirmed to the supreme court in 1987. perhaps you would have been appointed by president ford in 1976 to destroy see that went to john paul stevens. he was on a list that would leave the sent to president ford. had he quit the nation as a whole would have suffered so he stayed in office, so determined not to benefit that he turned down an opportunity to be appointed as attorney general, turn down the chance to work on attorney-general's more elegant office, avoided the attorney general's private dining room and even turned down the attorney-general's chauffeur and limousine during the time he was acting attorney general. i can't say much more about those times. they occupied the last six months of 1973 a

it was a do unanimous way for bob bork's reason. the credit card carried a rate of interest that was legal in the state where the bank at its headquarters with you it was taking on risk your customers, customers who are most likely to repay. everybody could gain, customers would good credit will go to low interest banks. everyone would have some business. and everyone would be better off. almost as if there were an invisible hand. and he produced this line. and i quote that marquette, the rival, needed an advertising agency. instead, it hired a lawyer. after that, bob had the justices eating out of his hand. it didn't take the court long for the unanimous opinion in his favor. i have never seen a case turnaround so neatly by an appellate advocate. let me come to the three case studies about solicitor general bork's role. the first of these is one of the supreme court never decided. the boston school segregation dispute he first came to the nixon administration's attention after writing an article concerning the courts had overused s