by Robert H. Bork, Interviewed by Michael Cromartie

About the authors: Robert H. Bork is the John H. Olin Scholar in Legal Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative public policy research organization in Washington, D.C. He gained national recognition in 1987, when his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court was rejected following a heated Senate debate. Michael Cromartie is an advisory editor for Christianity Today magazine.

Michael Cromartie: Your book [Slouching Towards Gomorrah: Modern Liberalism and American Decline] describes the role the Supreme Court has played in promoting cultural decline in America. How has that happened"

Robert H. Bork: Consider Cohen v. California (1971), a case in which a young man wore a jacket into a courthouse that had obscenities written on the back that suggested performing an implausible sexual act with the...