(Reuters) - Robert Bork, a symbol of the U.S. conservative legal movement and a failed nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, died on Wednesday, said Leonard Leo, executive vice-president of the conservative Federalist Society.
Leo said Bork, 85, died in a northern Virginia hospital where he had been treated for an infection.
One of the few Americans to give his name to a verb, Bork became a potent symbol to conservatives after the Senate voted down his nomination to the United States Supreme Court in 1987.
Leo said Bork, 85, died in a northern Virginia hospital where he had been treated for an infection.
One of the few Americans to give his name to a verb, Bork became a potent symbol to conservatives after the Senate voted down his nomination to the United States Supreme Court in 1987.
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