A badge of honor for the late Robert Bork and his supporters? He drew the ire of an undercover Soviet KGB operative in an imaginary scene, set in early October 1987, on FX’s The Americans. At a dinner at a neighbor’s house, college student “Paige Jennings,” played by Holly Taylor, matched liberal hostility at the time toward President Reagan’s Supreme Court nominee: “He opposed anti-segregation laws, he thinks that women aren’t protected under the 14th Amendment.”
The wife of an FBI agent at the table chimed in: “He’s an asshole,” to which FBI agent “Stan Beeman” countered: “Well, just to play devil’s advocate. He’s a judge, so doesn’t really matter what his personal opinions are. And everyone agrees he’s brilliant.”
“Paige” fired back: “A lot of Nazis were brilliant too.”
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