Robert Burke

Robert Bork (March 1, 1927 – December 19, 2012) was an American legal scholar who served as United States Attorney General from 1973 to 1977. He also served as the acting U.S. Attorney General from 1973 to 1974, and served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1982 to 1988. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan nominated Robert Bork to serve as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, but he was rejected by the U.S. Senate. He is also a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the Hudson Institute. Robert Bork was an adviser to Mitt Romney during his presidential campaign.