Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Joseph Biden (D-Del.), left, and Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) right, listen during witness confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Robert H. Bork, Sept. 21, 1987 in Washington, at far left is Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) (AP Photo/John Duricka, File)