Here’s an idea for some intrepid blogger or fellow NROnik: What would be the constitutional history of the last couple decades if Robert Bork had been confirmed? That would mean Kennedy wasn’t. It also might mean Souter wasn’t — since the need for stealth nominees might not have materialized.

What decisions would have worked the other way? A couple readers say Roe would have been overturned in 1992. I think it’d be a great piece for someone with a serious understanding of the Court to write. It’d probably have interesting lessons for liberals conservatives alike, with liberals saying “shhweeeooooo” and conservatives saying “dang.”