The Resume

(March 1, 1927-December 19, 2012)
Solicitor General of the U.S. Department of Justice (1972-1977)
Attorney General (1973-1974)
Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington D.C. (1982-1988)
Nominated for the United States Supreme Court (1987)

Why he might be annoying:

He was a Socialist before becoming a Conservative.
He carried out Richard Nixon's order to fire Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox because of Cox's request for taped Oval Office conversations.
His firing of Cox spawned the verb 'borking,' which refers to firing a person for doing the job they were hired to do.
He believes that the Constitution does not contain a right to privacy.
The U.S. Senate rejected him for the Supreme Court by a vote of 42-58.
He ridiculed George W. Bush's literacy skills in a 'Wall Street Journal' article.
Steve Martin made a lame joke comparing him to Björk at the Oscars in 2001.
He became a Catholic in 2003.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was a professor at Yale Law School.
He has argued over 40 cases before the United States Supreme Court.
He said that it was the Court's job to adjudicate and not to legislate from the bench.
He argued for a separation of constitutional interpretation from partisan politics and ideology.
Many claim his rejection for the Supreme Court was based on ideological and partisan reasons and not because of his qualifications.
His writings have influenced William Rehnquist and Antonin Scalia.
His last name sounds like something the Muppets' Swedish Chef might say.
Credit: Call me Calvin
Additional info: Wieland Kalligaro and Hoxy

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Attorney
• Bad Hair - Male
• Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Call me Calvin's Profiles
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [March] (Ranked: 3011927)
• I am a U.S. Marine
• I Attended Hotchkiss [Lakeville, Connecticut]
• I Converted to Catholicism
• I Died in 2012 (Ranked: 85)
• I Sought Political Office
• Judges
• Judith Regan's Celebrity Tell All Books
• Linked to Ronald Reagan
• Look at Me, I Got a Microphone
• Look at Me, I'm with Gerald Ford
• Profiles 14001-14250 (Ranked: 14062)
• Rejected or Withdrawn Supreme Court Nominations
• Teachers
• Watergate Players

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 25 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 15 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 70.59% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 27 Votes: 59.26% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 252 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 132 Votes: 61.36% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 65 Votes: 58.46% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 57 Votes: 45.61% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 99 Votes: 75.76% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 122 Votes: 63.11% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 345 Votes: 56.23% Annoying