Blackmun
Americannoun
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Siegelman and Bentley did not go as far as Powell, Blackmun, or Stevens in condemning capital punishment.
From Slate • May 31, 2023
But Blackmun failed to deliver on that promise or persuade others to join him.
From Slate • May 31, 2023
The case turned on the First Amendment, but the author of the majority opinion, Justice Harry A. Blackmun, made some broader points, too.
From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2022
Edward Lazarus, who clerked for Justice Harry A. Blackmun, is an attorney and the author of “Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall and Future of the Modern Supreme Court.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2022
Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun in 1994, nearly twenty years after he had voted for its reinstatement.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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