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  • Robert Bork, whose failed nomination made history, dies

    MARK SHERMAN, MATTHEW BARAKAT, The Associated Press

    MCLEAN, Va. (AP) — Robert H. Bork, who stepped in to fire the Watergate prosecutor at Richard Nixon's behest and whose failed 1980s nomination to the Supreme Court helped draw the modern boundaries of cultural fights over abortion, civil rights and other issues, has died. He was 85. Son Robert H. Bork Jr. confirmed his father died Wednesday at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va. The son said Bork died from complications of heart ailments. AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi U.S. Supreme Court nominee Robert H. Bork testifies b...