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3 days ago · Roe v. Wade, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on January 22, 1973, ruled (7–2) that unduly restrictive state regulation of abortion is unconstitutional. In a majority opinion written by Justice Harry A. Blackmun, the Court held that a set of Texas statutes criminalizing abortion in most instances violated a constitutional right to ...
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Jun 27, 2024 · The Sioux, some of the poorest people in the country, continue to refuse the settlement money, which is currently more than $2 billion. An excerpt of the Supreme Court decision, authored by Justice Harry Blackmun, follows, along with a portion of the dissent by Justice William Rehnquist. —Jace Weaver.
5 days ago · In Nixon, the three other Nixon appointees (Chief Justice Warren Burger, Justice Harry Blackmun, and Justice Lewis Powell) joined in voting against the president. By contrast, all three of Trump’s appointees (Alito, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett) voted to immunize him from criminal culpability.
4 days ago · Justice Harry Blackmun, the author of the majority opinion in Roe. Justice Harry Blackmun authored the opinion of the Court—the "majority opinion"—and was joined by six other justices: Chief Justice Warren Burger and Justices Potter Stewart, William J. Brennan Jr., William O. Douglas, Thurgood Marshall, and Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Jun 28, 2024 · The social power and magnitude of abortion as a political issue have long stood in almost comic contrast to the quiet personality of the author of Roe v. Wade. 1 Justice Harry A. Blackmun–once described as “the shy person’s justice”2- wrote one of the most dramatic and far-reaching decisions in American constitutional history.
Jul 2, 2024 · By characterizing Cohen’s expression as conduct rather than speech, Justice Harry Blackmun’s (1908–1999) dissent, joined by Justice Black, questioned an important premise of the case.
Jul 1, 2024 · Roe v. Wade. by Byron R. White, Harry A. Blackmun, Potter Stewart & William H. Rehnquist. 1973. Edited and introduced by Sarah A. Morgan Smith. Part of these Core Document Collections. How does Justice Blackman describe women’s reproductive rights within the majority decision of Roe v.
