Robert Bork: Timeline

1927   Born

1973   November 1: Watergate scandal Watergate scandal

The term "Watergate" refers to a series of events, spanning from 1972 [i] to 1975 [i], that got its name ... 

: Acting Attorney General Robert Bork appoints Leon Jaworski as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.

1973   The Saturday Night Massacre: U.S. President Richard Nixon Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States [i], serving from 1969 to 1974. ... 

 orders Attorney General Elliot Richardson to dismiss Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox Archibald Cox

Archibald Cox, Jr., was an American [i] lawyer [i] who served as U.S. Solicitor General [i] ... 

. Richardson refuses and resigns, along with Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus. Solicitor General Robert Bork, third in line at the Department of Justice, then fires Cox. The event raises calls for Nixon's impeachment.

1987   U.S. President Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President [i] of the United States [i] ... 

 nominates former Solicitor General Robert Bork, a controversial conservative judge and legal scholar, to the U.S. Supreme Court.

1987   On a vote of 58-42, the United States Senate United States Senate

he United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States [i], the other b ... 

 rejects President President of the United States

The President of the United States of America is the head of state [i] of the United States [i]. ... 

 Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President [i] of the United States [i] ... 

's nomination of Robert Bork to the U.S. Supreme Court.