Blackmun
Americannoun
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Wade decision was drafted by Justice Harry Blackmun, a Nixon appointee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2024
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
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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