Robert Bork, a controversial judge best known for his failed Supreme Court bid that led to the creation of a meme in his name, has died at 84, the AP reports. Bork was a former Yale University antitrust and constitutional law professor, federal judge, and solicitor general who was nominated in 1987 to a Supreme Court seat, but was rejected after vicious partisan debate — a spat that led to "bork" being used as a verb to describe someone, especially a political figure, being obstructed through defamation or vilification.
At one point during his Supreme Court nomination process, Bork's video rental history leaked to the press, leading to the Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988 which prohibits "video tape service providers" from...
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