Matters of Principle: An Insider's Account of America's Rejection of Robert Bork's Nomination to the Supreme Court

In his bestseller The Tempting of America, Robert Bork portrayed himself as someone whose views are in the American mainstream, and has said that the failure of the Senate to approve him was an aberration. On the contrary, Matters of Principle shows that with the rejection of Bork, Americans emphatically reaffirmed one of the enduring virtues of our national character—a fervent belief in individual rights.

In the end, Americans rejected the cramped vision of Robert Bork and the Right. Matte...