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...while Blackmun's legacy...
Admirers said Blackmun's devotion to people'sconcerns did not end with admiring law students-itextended even to those who violently disagreedwith him. Throughout his life, in large part due to theRoe vs. Wade decision, he received around60,000 pieces of hate mail...
...Blackmun meticulously read every one ofthem-including death threats-and Ogletree said hetook it all in stride...
Even 26 years after the Roe decision, thelandmark ruling continues to resonate withabortion advocates. Kim Gandy, the executive vicepresident of the National Organization for Women,said Blackmun steadily became a stronger advocatefor women's rights, stressing his role in morerecent cases like J.E.B. vs. Alabama(1994), which prevents lawyers from peremptorilyremoving women from juries because of theirgender...
...while a long-time supporter of the deathpenalty, Blackmun wrote a passionate dissent inCallins vs. Collins in 1994, which decriedstate-mandated death sentences...