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What if Robert Bork had been confirmed to the US Supreme Court? It doesn't necessarily have to be in 1987-as I've heard that if Reagan nominated Bork to Rehnquist's seat and Scalia to Powell's seat, both could have been confirmed-though a PoD for Bork on the Court in 1987 would be fine too(would Bork have been confirmed with a Republican Senate, as even a slight swing in 1986 would have meant Republicans kept the majority). How would the Supreme Court be affected by Bork being on it? Would Roe vs Wade have been overturned? If so, what impact would this have on US abortion rights and politics? And what other decisions would Bork make? It's also been claimed Bork's rejection made Supreme Court confirmations more partisan, would they be less partisan if he were confirmed or would it have made no difference? What if?
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