Blackmun
Americannoun
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In a 1994 dissent from a denial of certiorari in a death case, Blackmun anticipated Sotomayor’s Reed dissent 32 years later.
From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026
Wade decision was drafted by Justice Harry Blackmun, a Nixon appointee.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2024
Siegelman and Bentley did not go as far as Powell, Blackmun, or Stevens in condemning capital punishment.
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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