Via Roy Edroso, I see that conservatives are whining about the great day 20 years ago on which arch-reactionary Robert Bork was justly rejected by the Senate. First if all, it's worth repeating that in this case the Senate functioned as it should, focusing on constitutional philosophy rather than trivial details, and that attempts to turn "Borking" into a pejorative notwithstanding, it's ridiculous to argue that the president can consider ideology in nominations but the Senate cannot consider in in confirmation. In addition, for the occasion it's worth once again excerpting Bruce Ackerman's devastating review of Bork's shoddy, transparently outcome-orietnted attempt to defend his "originalism" in The Tempting of America:
