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What the Supreme Court Has Said about Abortion.
On January 22, 1973, seven of the nine U.S. Supreme Court justices turned this country's abortion jurisprudence on its head. In the two court cases decided that day, Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, Justices Harry Blackmun, William Brennan, Thurgood Marshall, Lewis Powell, William O. Douglas, Potter Stewart, and Chief Justice Warren Burger overturned the abortion laws of all 50 states and essentially legalized the "right" to abortion for any reason throughout pregnancy. Justices William Rehnquist and Byron White were the two dissenters. Justice White, in his dissent, famously denounced Roe as "an exercise in raw judicial power."
Justice Blackmun, who authored the ...
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- Newspaper article from: Indian Country Today (Lakota Times) Bunty Anquoe April 13, 1994 700+ words
...Lakota Times) 04-13-1994 Supreme Court Justice Blackmun, Indian country ally, steps...friend and ally on the U.S. Supreme Court. Justice Harry Blackmun...Justice Thurgood Marshall, Justice Blackmun consistently championed tribal...
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Murray, Frank J. March 5, 1999 700+ words
...Breyer, who succeeded Justice Blackmun. Justice Blackmun was an Eisenhower appointee...constructionist," he joined the Supreme Court in June 1970 after being...the Minnesota Twins," and Justice Blackmun was scoffed at as "Hip Pocket...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 18, 1989 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Yale Law Journal Hair, Penda D. October 1, 1994 700+ words
...greatest of the Supreme Court's many gifted...comprehensive review of Justice Blackmun's opinions...Real World Justice Blackmun's focus on...affected by Supreme Court decisions is...this focus was Justice Blackmun's protest...
- Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Florida Bar Journal Rogers, C.D. February 1, 2006 700+ words
Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey By Linda...Greenhouse has gleaned Justice Blackmun's personal...read Becoming Justice Blackmun. Blackmun and...years at the Supreme Court justified their...
- Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: Defense Counsel Journal Wick, William A. October 1, 2007 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Washington Monthly Pomper, Stephen July 1, 2005 700+ words
Becoming Justice Blackmun Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey By Linda Greenhouse...today's left-of-center Supreme Court justices crank out their...new biography, Becoming Justice Blackmun, fails to wrestle with...
- The conservative as liberal.(Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun's...
- Magazine article from: The American Prospect Kutler, Stanley I. September 1, 2005 700+ words
BECOMING JUSTICE BLACKMUN: HARRY BLACKMUN'S SUPREME COURT JOURNEY BY LINDA GREENHOUSE...Harry Blackmun announced the Supreme Court's 7-to-2 decision...did our abortion wars. Supreme Court opinions are collaborative...
