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To The Community:
The follo ing Senator are the
priority li t for imp cting the
Senate vote on the Bork norni
n t ion. Some on thi Ii tare
cle rly undecided other may
b leaning for or against. It i
important that as many com
munications vi its calls and
letter be targeted to the
Senators a soon as po Ibl ,
Letter should be nt to the
United States nate, ashing
ton, D,C, 20510.
AL - Howell Heflin Richard
Shelby.
AZ - Dennis De oncinl.
CA - Pete Wilson.
CT - Lowell eicker _
FL - Lawton Chiles, Bob
Graham.
G Wyche Fowler Sam
unn.
IL - Alan Dixon.
KY - endell Ford.
LA - John Breaux, Ben
nett Johnston.
- Wilr am ohen George
itchell.
M - Dave Durenberger.
S - Th d C chran John
Stennis.
T - ax 8aucus, John
elcher.
E - James Exon.
- Jeff Bingaman.
o - David Boren.
OR - Bob Packw d, ark
Hatfield,
P Arlen Specter, John
Heinz.
RI - John Chafee.
- Erne t Hollings.
- Albert Gore, Jr. Jim
Sa r.
TX - Uoyd Bent n.
VT - Robert Stafford,
A - Daniel Evans.
I - imam Proxmire.
WV - Robert Byrd, John
Roc efeller.-
st be de eated
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e cannot allow the far right
to capture control of the United
State Suprem Court. Dur
ing the ugu t congr ional
reces we ask you, your family,
friends and neighbors to contact
your United States Senators
and expre strong opposition
to the Bork nomination. It is
imperative that Senators hear
from as many citizens as pos
sible. Clearly, an unprecedent
ed outpouring of gra roots
opposition to the Bork norni
n tion is needed if we are to
prevail in this critical struggle.'
With your help we can win.
Bork must not be confirmed.
and to be protected from un
safe and unhealthy working con
ditions and to take appropriate
ction to achieve their goals.
When the law is Jnv lved in
"certain strikes by public em
ployee ," Bork has written,
'dome tl la begins to de-
end to the statu of inter
national law, which mean that
·we b gin t re ognize the
independence the semi- ver-
eignty of vari u warring groups
within the ociety.
-Bork ha an extremely
narro vie of civil nd individ
ual right. Bork would turn
Why Bork u Be Defeated
-Bork i anti-labor. Bo k
m e no secret of his ho tility
for labor unions and for the
goal and aspirations of working
men and women, In one notable
article, he attacked the labor
movement for allegedly under
mining the rule of la . Bork
has left little doubt that he
would have no constitutional
objections to new governmental
restric ions on the rights of
orkers to organize collect ively
over, B rk argues that there
is no inherent right to pri
vacy found in the onstitution
and that the entire line of
the Court decisions vindicating
such rights i improper. In
testim ny before th nate
Judi iary ommittee in 19 1,
he id that the Roe v. d
decisi n e tablishing that a
oman's decision to have an
abort jon i pr te ted by a
c nstitutional right to priva y
• a un onstitutional- and a
serious nd wh lly unjustifiable
judi ial usurpation of state le . -
lative authority". He holds
a imil r view that the Supreme
ourt in Gri old v. Conn cti-
cut as wrong to invalidate a
tate law b nning the use f
contraceptives even by m rried
coupl s in their home.
-Bork ha an e tremely
narro vi of freedom of
eech. Bork has written that
only e pressly p litical
is protected by the Fir t
ment. In hi own word
back the clock several dec des
on settled constitutional law.
He oppo d pasaage of the
provision of the 1964 Civil
Rights Act outl wing discrimi
nation in public accornmoda
tions (although he now claim
to h ve changed hi mind).
Bork has vigorously oppo d
the Supreme Court's decision
e tablishing the principle of
"one man-one vote". More-
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p to
principle of "judi ial restraint.
he become an aggressive judi ial
tivist in dealing ith la s
threatening property and busi
ness interests. As a judge,
Bork has v ted onsistently in
fav r of business groups laim s
against federal agencies. More-
ver, he is an opp nent of the
nation's anti-tru t la s, leading
ew Y r ttorney General
R bert brahm to all Bor
a "r dical activist'. Clearl.
Bork's c nfirmation uld
rve to weaken enforcement
of the I w that were designed
to safe-guard our free mar et
place.
-Bo an d ocate of
unre trained e ecutive po er at
the e pen of the u thority
of the other branche of go ern
mente A a judge, B rk dis-
nted from a de isi n allo in
ember of Congress to have
tanding to challenge the u f
th P c et veto. H carefull
guards the c urthou do r t
permit as fe plaintiff a
po ible t hallenge the e er
cl of executive po er. In
1973 in the infamous" atur
day ight as re" epl e,
Bork , as Acting AU rney
General, fired Watergate Sp clal
Pro cutor Archibald
Bork's action was taken in n
travention of the Department
of Justice ch ter establishing
the office, under which the
special pro cutor couJd be re
moved only for extr ordinary
impropriety" .
Freddie L, Moore
President Berrien County
Local 2757
American Federation of
State, County and
Municipal employees,
AFL-CIO
ABor
QandA
amendments." (REMEMBER,
that for purposes of Congres-
ional Representation the F rae
mers wo .... ld count Blac s as
3/5's of a person. That was
"original intent.)
PUBlI CCO MOD -
TlO 'S: In a I 6
Republic art i ) ,Jud Bork
crittcized the prop d public
ale .ommodation pr vision of
'.:. ':�It \ as to be orne th-:
J 64 ivil Right t, l."ing
that it "means a 1 ss in ··ita!
area f per nul liberty . . .
is no basis for judicial inter
vention to protect scientific or
literary expre ion". He has
also called into question whether
arti tic expre jon would be
protected. While Bork now
maintains that he ha modi
fied his views on protecting
scientific and moral peech, he
makes no such claim regarding
artistrc expre 'on or speech
advocating civil di bedience.
-Bork
judkiaJ restraint
to protecti
big bu • De the thy.
While Bor claims his positions
against Individual rights and
liberaties are dictated by the
Q. Has Judge Bork taken
po ition hich should cau
concern in the civil ri ht
community?
A. Yes.
"ORIGI LITE T" of
I he F armers of the .S. on-
I 'tu t ion ). "OriginaJ intent
i, the only legitimate basi
fOI 'on t itutional decisions ..
the only \\ a in which th
C,)Jl.litlllinJl '�Il construi
Judgl': i, if t he judges interpre t
the document ord accordin
til the intent ions of tho who
di aft cd. pJ()JHl d. and ratified
i" PI(l\j�;()Jl, anti various