Robert Bork

Re “Drive Seeks to Block Clinton Judicial Nominees,” Oct. 26:

It is absolutely unbelievable that a man who vigorously supports the Judicial Selection Monitoring Project, former Judge Robert Bork, could have ever been nominated for the U.S. Supreme Court. The mere thought of what the court’s actions of the past 10 years could have been with Bork on board sends a chill through me.

LENARD E. McDONALD

Culver City

It seems we have a new definition for getting “Borked”: the truth being bent to extreme right angles.

TED HAGERMAN

Los Angeles

I was appalled by your obviously biased article. You are quick to point out that U.S. District Judge Stewart Dalzell was a Bush appointee, but breeze over the fact that the judge that granted a temporary restraining order for the implementation of Prop. 209 was a Carter appointee.

Certainly, cases such as Cohen vs. California (moral relativism), Texas vs. Johnson (flag burning), Lee vs. Weisman (nonsectarian prayer at public school commencements) and Planned Parenthood vs. Casey (abortion) have all helped this country become a less civil society. The liberal establishment is faced with a problem. The last few years have brought conservatism to this country. Members of the liberal elite have found that many of their issues will not stand the test of the electorate. They have found that they can move their agenda through the courts and not have to answer to the people at the ballot box. The future of the republic depends on a representative government. Our courts are anything but that.

JOHN DIETZ

Upland