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Mar 5, 1999 · Justice Harry A. Blackmun, a modest Midwestern Republican who became a passionate defender of the right to abortion in 24 years on the Supreme Court, died today at the age of 90.
Apr 10, 2005 · The collected papers of Roe's author, Justice Harry A. Blackmun, show a more complicated reality, illuminating what turns out to be a highly tenuous connection between the abortion cases and...
May 18, 2018 · Harry Andrew Blackmun, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1970 to 1994, stepped into a political maelstrom when he authored the much-lauded, much-reviled 1973 opinion roe v. wade, 410 U.S. 113, 93 S. Ct. 705, 35 L. Ed. 2d 147. Roe guaranteed access to safe, legal abortions for women in the first trimester of pregnancy.
Historical profiles documenting the personal background, plus nomination and confirmation dates of previous associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Harry A. Blackmun.
Shortly before he retired, Blackmun voiced the belief that the death penalty is unconstitutional. However, Blackmun’s main legacy involves the constitutional right to abortion. Just three years after he joined the Supreme Court, his majority opinion in Roe v.
Apr 7, 1994 · An article yesterday about the career of Justice Harry A. Blackmun misspelled the names of two previous nominees for the Supreme Court seat he ultimately filled. They are Clement F. Haynsworth Jr ...
Harry Andrew Blackmun (November 12, 1908 – March 4, 1999) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1970 to 1994. Appointed by President Richard Nixon, Blackmun ultimately became one of the most liberal justices on the Court.
