The second story is of Blackmun's judicial transformation. One involves the lifelong friendship and eventual falling out between Blackmun and Warren Burger, who was Supreme Court chief justice from 1969 to 1986. "Becoming Justice Blackmun," by Linda Greenhouse, tells two intertwined stories. His embrace and vigorous defense of Roe goes a long way in explaining how a moderate-conservative Republican appointee of President Richard Nixon could end his judicial career 24 years later as one of the most liberal voices on the high court and a darling of the legal left. And when the inevitable attacks on Roe came and then kept coming, Justice Blackmun took it personally and responded to defend the decision. Yet it is Justice Blackmun who is praised or pilloried for what remains one of the most controversial judicial rulings in American history. Six other justices joined his majority 1973 opinion.
Wade, the landmark decision that established a constitutional right to abortion. Blackmun is best known as the US Supreme Court justice who authored Roe v.
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