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On June 20, 1995 Justice Blackmun. He spoke exclusively about his 1973 majority opinion, Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion. This session was recorded without an interviewer. On…

On April 24, 1995 Justice Blackmun and Professor Koh talked about the justice’s work habits, Vietnam, the deaths of Justices Hugo Black and John Marshall Harlan, the appointments to the…

On January 17, 1995, Justice Harry Blackmun talked about being named to the Supreme Court in 1970, his impressions of President Richard Nixon, who appointed him, and his confirmation hearings…

On June 2, 1995, Justice Blackmun and then-Professor Koh talked about the opinion in Roe v. Wade, which Justice Blackmun wrote. Justice Blackmun also discussed privacy in general and the…

Professor Harold Koh interviewed Justice Blackmun in the Supreme Court chamber on July 6, 1994, and then on December 13, 1995. The latter segment is the final interview between Professor…

On June 2, 1995, Justice Blackmun and then-Professor Koh talked about the death penalty, (which Justice Blackmun turned against toward the end of his tenure), an obscenity case, and the Roe…

Professor Susan Low Bloch of Georgetown University Law Center gave an introduction to the case of a re-argument of the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, which took place October 11, 1972. After the…

Attorneys made oral arguments in the case of Planned Parenthood of Southeast Pennsylvania v. Casey. Robert P. Casey was the governor of Pennsylvania. Ernest Preate argued the cause for the…

Attorneys made oral arguments in the 1989 case of Webster v. Reproductive Health Services. Then Missouri Attorney General William Webster argued the case for the respondents. Frank Susman argued the case for the…

Attorneys presented oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark abortion case Roe. v. Wade. Sarah Weddington argued for Roe, the pseudonym for a Texas woman who sought to…

As part of an oral history project conducted as he retired, Justice Blackmun conducted a tour of his chambers on July 7, 1994 and spoke about his experiences on the court. Mr. Archer talked…

Two hours from the first interview on September 9, 1994 is shown from “A Portion of His Oral History conducted with Justice Blackmun by Yale Professor Harold Koh.” In this segment Justice Blackmun…

Portions of speeches and interviews with the late Justice Blackmun were shown, including his 1994 press conference announcing his retirement and a 1992 speech in which he read some of the…