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Blackmun

American  
[blak-muhn] / ˈblæk mən /

noun

  1. Harry A(ndrew), 1908–1999, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1970–94.


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Three years after Powell acknowledged his death penalty regrets, Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun discussed his own change of heart while still serving on the bench.

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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