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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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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

Siegelman and Bentley did not go as far as Powell, Blackmun, or Stevens in condemning capital punishment.

From Slate ● May 31, 2023

On May 1, Blackmun finally sent his colleagues a memo with his vote.

From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2023

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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