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Strossen argued Blackmun's dissent will beviewed by legal historians like Justice John M.Harlan's lone dissent against segregation inPlessy vs. Ferguson...
Ogletree characterized Blackmun's death, alongwith Justice Thurgood Marshall and Justice WilliamJ. Brennan deaths in 1993 and 1997, as the finalchanging of the Supreme Court guard...
...undergraduate, Blackmun sang in theHarvard Glee Club. He graduated summa cumlaude in mathematics in 1929. An imposingprofessor named Bart Leach coined Blackmun'sHarvard Law School nickname, "Ol' Blackhouse," bymisreading his name. He graduated from HarvardLaw School (HLS) in 1932. After clerking for ajudge on the U.S. Court of Appeals, Blackmunpracticed law privately for nearly two decades...
...President Dwight D. Eisenhowerappointed Blackmun to the 8th District Court ofAppeals. After being nominated by President Nixonto the Supreme Court in 1970, Blackmun began histenure on the court that summer...
...Blackmun's support for the school wasunwavering," said HLS Dean Robert C. Clark in astatement...