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"The [abortion] issue was pure poison for the federal judicial system, and especially the Supreme Court. Liberal judges found themselves in the ideologically comfortable but intellectually awkward position of zealously defending Roe, despite what even many liberals believed to be its weak constitutional foundation. (As I explained in an earlier column, there is much to be said for this critique.)" Edward Lazarus, who clerked for Justice Harry Blackmun, Findlaw.com, September 16, 2004
"It was Blackmun's defensiveness about Roe that led to his metamorphosis as a liberal. Faced with a barrage of criticism, Blackmun tried to validate Roe by vehement reiteration. If ...