WI: Clarence Thomas Nominated in 1987

Allow me to create a backstory to make this what-if seem more plausible.

In 1981, instead of appointing Clarence Thomas to the Department of Education and subsequently, the Equal Employment Opportunity Comission, Ronald Reagan appoints him as an Assistant Attorney General.

In 1983, instead of nominating Ken Starr to the United States Court of Appeals of the D.C Circuit, Reagan nominates Thomas instead. This would allow Thomas to gather a couple of years of judicial experience.

In 1987, instead of nominating Douglas Ginsburg to the Supreme Court after the failed nomination of Robert Bork, Reagan nominates Clarence Thomas. At 39, he would be one of the youngest Justices in history. He is confirmed without too much incident.

Basically, Thomas appointment to the Justice Department instead of the Education Department would butterfly away the Anita Hill controversy. Also, Thomas would be succeeding Lewis Powell, considered to be a conservative with a moderate streak, instead of a strong liberal civil rights icon in Thurgood Marshall.

If Thomas is confirmed in 1987 instead of Anthony Kennedy, how might key decisions have gone a different way in the coming years and how would it have affected the Court in the coming years?
 
Assuming that another conservative justice is appointed when Marshall retires, Planned Parenthood v. Casey would overturn Roe v. Wade. DOMA wouldn't get struck down and Obergefell wouldn't happen. The absence of Anita Hill might prevent third-wave feminism from taking off and prevent sexual harrasment from becoming the issues that they did.
 
Assuming that another conservative justice is appointed when Marshall retires, Planned Parenthood v. Casey would overturn Roe v. Wade. DOMA wouldn't get struck down and Obergefell wouldn't happen. The absence of Anita Hill might prevent third-wave feminism from taking off and prevent sexual harrasment from becoming the issues that they did.

I also suspect that due to Clarence Thomas being able to make it through to the Supreme Court given his strong conservative beliefs, Bush might nominate Edith Jones instead of David Souter, the latter of which was considered a safe pick due to his scant paper trail. In Clarence Thomas’ place, you would see Emilio Garza, as Thomas and Garza were the only two considered at the time, Garza only being denied because he had only been on the Fifth Circuit a few weeks. Perhaps his confirmation could be the more bruising one.
 
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