Harry A. Blackmun : the outsider justice / Tinsley E. Yarbrough.
When appointed to the Supreme Court in 1970 by President Nixon, Harry A. Blackmun was seen as a quiet, safe choice to complement the increasingly conservative Court of his boyhood friend, Warren Burger. No one anticipated his seminal opinion championing abortion rights in Roe v. Wade, the most contr...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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| Summary: | When appointed to the Supreme Court in 1970 by President Nixon, Harry A. Blackmun was seen as a quiet, safe choice to complement the increasingly conservative Court of his boyhood friend, Warren Burger. No one anticipated his seminal opinion championing abortion rights in Roe v. Wade, the most controversial ruling of his generation, which became the battle cry of both supporters and critics of judicial power and made Blackmun a liberal icon. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 397 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-384) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198032380 0198032382 9781435619487 143561948X |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |