https://pjmedia.com/michaelledeen/2012/12/19/bob-bork/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 01:36:26 -0400<![CDATA[Others more qualified than I will tell you about his monumental contribution to the law, and there is no doubt he will be remembered for a very long time.  My favorite measurement of a man&#8217;s significance is the number of enemies he stimulates and the desperate measures to which they resort in order to destroy him.  By this measure, Bork was a giant.  The vulgar campaign against his nomination to the Supreme Court&#8211;spearheaded by Senator Ted Kennedy and embraced by Senator Joseph Biden&#8211;was so intense that it produced a new verb &#8220;to bork,&#8221; to describe the actions of political lynch mobs.]]>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:00:54 -0500<![CDATA[Michael Ledeen]]>https://pjmedia.com/michael-ledeen/2012/12/19/bob-bork-n187722