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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.
Nov 12, 2011 · Stephen G. Breyer. Harry Andrew Blackmun believed he had little control over where life took him, yet with meticulous attention and his eccentric personality he carved his influential place on the Supreme Court. Blackmun was born on November 12, 1908 to Theo and Corwin Blackmun. Growing up in St. Paul, Minnesota, where his father owned a small ...
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Harry Andrew Blackmun (1908 - 1999) was an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. He joined the court in 1970 after being nominated by President Richard Nixon. He assumed senior status on August 3, 1994, and served until his death on March 4, 1999.
Just three years after he joined the Supreme Court, his majority opinion in Roe v. Wade embedded this right in American law for nearly half a century. Blackmun felt that the constitutional right to privacy under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment protected the freedom of choice.
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. Justice...
Washington Post Staff Writer. Friday, March 5, 1999; Page A1. Retired Justice Harry A. Blackmun, author of the historic Roe v. Wade decision that made abortion legal and radically transformed...
Apr 7, 1994 · Harry A. Blackmun came to the Court 24 years ago at the age of 61, a well-schooled Midwestern Republican lawyer and judge who appealed to President Richard M. Nixon as someone who could be ...
