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The liberty, security, and longevi- ty of every citizen.and the na- tion is in the balance. This being so, I submit the- main criterion for confirma- tion is judicial philosophy, based on a demonstrated record of comprehensive and consistent upholding and ap- plying of the Bill of Rights. While the Senate should not ask questions of Judge Bork regarding his views on specific cases, it can and should ask questions about his views on specific provi- sions of the Constitution, par- ticularly views on the substance of the Bill of Rights. I believe with many that Judge Bork's record on the Bill of Rights does not merit consent by the Senate. While we know that some ap- pointee's change some views while on the court, Bork's recorded views present a clear and present danger to the rights of little people opposed by big power. Bork's judicial philosophy promotes the con- clusion that he is not now, and most probably will not be, a vigorous, dependable guar- dian of the Bill of Rights. Let us look at his record: Church-State relations: Bork's record suggests that he favors state-directed wor- ship in public schools and public tax support for sec- tarian schools. Bork has described Chief Justice William Rehnquist as a man "guided not by his personal philosophy but by a commit- ment to the commands of the Constitution." It was Justice Rehnquist, we recall, who, dissenting in a 1985 school prayer case, said "The 'wall of separation between church and state' is a metaphor bas- ed on bad history, a metaphor which has proved useless as a guide to judging. It should be frankly and explicitly aban- doned." Americans cannot afford the appointment of a justice who could make Rehnquist's misguided perspective the majority opinion on the high court. Along with Bork and Rehnquist, Justices White, O'Connor, and Scalia would give opponents of strict church-state separation a solid 5-4 edge. It is worth noting also that Justice Brennan, the court's strongest supporter of church- state separation, is 81 years old. Justices Blackmun and Marshall, also supporters of separation, will turn 80 next year. • Abortion rights: Bork has called Roe v. Wade "an un- constitutional decision, a Judge Bork's record on the Bill of Rights does not merit consent by the United States Senate or the public. serious and wholly un- justifiable usurpation of state legislative authority." • One person-one vote: This principle, Bork says, "runs counter to the text of the Fourteenth Amendment, the history surrounding its adop- tion and ratification, and the political practice of Americans from colonial times up to the day the court invented the new formula." He has also opposed the outlawing of the poll tax, and said that forcing white restaurants and hotels to serve blacks was "unsurpass- ed ugliness," a view he has since recanted. • Equal protection: Bork has referred to the famous clause in the Fourteenth Amendment as the "Equal Gratification" clause and would strictly limit its ap- plication. The law requires that "government not discriminate along racial lines," Bork has said. "But much more than that cannot properly be read into the clause." Equal protection for women, or Hispanics, or gays, or the handicapped would therefore not apply. • Exclusionary rule: He is in favor of letting courts ad- mit evidence that was illegal- ly obtained by the police. "The conscience of the court," he has said, "ought to be at least equally shaken by the idea of turning a criminal .loose on society." Bork would limit the idea that our Con- stitution is as concerned with the means as with the ends. • Privacy: "The right of privacy strikes without war- ning," Bork said in a 1985 in- terview. "It has no intellec-