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...late President John F. Kennedy '40 lured him from the Law School to serve as Solicitor General where he remained through the first three years of the Johnson administration...
...turn, Richardson, in a brief filed in court, rejected Agnew's plea for immunity on constitutional grounds by arguing forcefully that Agnew could be indicted before he was impeached. The brief, signed by Solicitor General Robert H. Bork but clearly Richardson's responsibility, claimed that only the President was immune from prosecution prior to impeachment-a point of view that may have a vital bearing later on if Richard Nixon ever is indicted...
...that is about to change. The Supreme Court begins its fall term on Oct. 1, and Solicitor General Bork is the man who will talk to the Justices on behalf of the U.S. Government. As such, he can focus the court's attention by helping to choose which cases the Federal Government asks the Justices to hear as well as by the line of argument he decides to make. In addition, in his role as supervisor of U.S. appeals at every level, he controls the flow of cases throughout the appellate system...
Bork's first official move after taking the Solicitor General's post served notice that his brand of conservatism is neither predictable nor timid. Like 15 other states, Georgia has filed suit to overturn presidential impoundments of funds that were authorized by Congress. Georgia wants the Supreme Court Justices to hear the case directly-without the delays of the appeals procedure.* Bork might well have opposed such a move, preferring to let the question of presidential power languish for a while in lower courts. Instead last month, Bork agreed with Georgia that the impoundment issue should be faced...
...affairs always has to be examined closely to make sure that the benefits of the intervention exceed what are bound to be the costs." In a series of interviews, TIME's David Beckwith sought a sense of how that general philosophy might apply to the positions the new Solicitor General will be urging the Justices of the Supreme Court to adopt...