Alliance Defending Freedom President Alan Sears on passing of Judge Robert Bork
Wednesday, Dec 19, 2012
The following statement may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom President, CEO, and General Counsel Alan Sears regarding the passing of Judge Robert Bork:
“Judge Robert Bork stands as a constitutional giant of our generation, indeed, one of the greatest legal minds and tireless defenders of religious freedom in American history. Judge Bork has had a dramatic impact on our nation, on its legal culture, and on the minds and hearts of many of its finest judges, law professors, students, and attorneys. Perhaps his greatest mark was the restoration of scholarship on Originalism, which has helped preserve the ingenious framework for freedom forged by our nation's founders that many others in the legal profession had hoped to toss into the dustbin of history. I was one of those at-the-time-young lawyers inspired and shaped by the important work of Judge Bork, and will continue to walk a trail largely blazed by this American hero. Not only was Judge Bork a man of great professional accomplishment and cultural influence, he was a man of kindness, compassion, and integrity. On behalf of Alliance Defending Freedom, I offer heartfelt sympathy and prayers for Mary Ellen and the rest of Judge Bork's precious family. He will be missed, but impossible for us—and for the nation—to forget.”
“Judge Robert Bork stands as a constitutional giant of our generation, indeed, one of the greatest legal minds and tireless defenders of religious freedom in American history. Judge Bork has had a dramatic impact on our nation, on its legal culture, and on the minds and hearts of many of its finest judges, law professors, students, and attorneys. Perhaps his greatest mark was the restoration of scholarship on Originalism, which has helped preserve the ingenious framework for freedom forged by our nation's founders that many others in the legal profession had hoped to toss into the dustbin of history. I was one of those at-the-time-young lawyers inspired and shaped by the important work of Judge Bork, and will continue to walk a trail largely blazed by this American hero. Not only was Judge Bork a man of great professional accomplishment and cultural influence, he was a man of kindness, compassion, and integrity. On behalf of Alliance Defending Freedom, I offer heartfelt sympathy and prayers for Mary Ellen and the rest of Judge Bork's precious family. He will be missed, but impossible for us—and for the nation—to forget.”
Alliance Defending Freedom (formerly Alliance Defense Fund) is an alliance-building legal ministry that advocates for the right of people to freely live out their faith.
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ABOUT Alan Sears
Alan Sears was the first president, CEO, and general counsel of Alliance Defending Freedom, leading its efforts from 1993-2017. Across those nearly 25 years, he built an ADF team committed to a comprehensive legal strategy that includes training, funding, and legal advocacy. Sears earned his Juris Doctor from Louis D. Brandeis School of Law. While serving in numerous positions within the Reagan and Bush administrations, he worked for the Department of Justice under Attorneys General William French Smith and Edwin Meese III, including service as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and Chief of the Criminal Section. Sears was appointed as director of the Attorney General’s Commission on Pornography and served as associate solicitor with the Department of Interior under Secretary Donald Hodel. A graduate of the University of Kentucky, Sears has continued his education with professional instruction at Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Harvard Law School, Harvard Business School, and Pepperdine University. He is a member in good standing with the American, Arizona, California, District of Columbia (inactive), and Kentucky bar associations.