Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the role of the American Bar Association (ABA) in screening nominees to federal judge positions, and its role in the defeat of President Reagan's nomination of Robert Bork to become an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The episode aired on Friday, April 20, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.