like frankfurter before him, justice stewart did not provide substantive answers to their questions. when they wanted to know how he would rule, he appropriately declined as his predecessors had. 28 years later, 28 years after justice stewart came through this committee. they considered robert bourk's nominati nomination. this was a turning point and in my view remains a rock bottom moment for the senate and for the senate judiciary committee. without getting into the gory details here, it suffices to say that senator ted kennedy and the judge did not agree on certain matters of constitutional law. and kennedy's response was to savage, unfairly in my opinion, the results that the judge would