Oral Histories
Justice Blackmun , June 1995, Part 1
2005-01-01T19:01:02-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvMjQ4XC8yMDA1MDEwMTE5MDQzMjAwMV9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==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 v. Wade case, for which Blackmun authored the majority opinion.
On Thursday, March 4, 2004, the Library of Congress unsealed the papers of Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun on the fifth anniversary of his death. The collection included 38 hours of videotaped oral history interviews conducted with Justice Blackmun in 1994 and 1995 by his former law clerk, Yale professor Harold Koh. The interviews were shot by a Federal Judicial Center videographer. Justice Blackmun was appointed by President Richard Nixon in 1970 and served until 1994. Blackmun died on March 4, 1999.
On June 2, 1995, Justice Blackmun and then-Professor Koh talked about the death penalty, (which Justice Blackmun turned against toward the…
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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 v. Wade case, for which Blackmun authored the majority opinion.
On Thursday, March 4, 2004, the Library of Congress unsealed the papers of Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun on the fifth anniversary of his death. The collection included 38 hours of videotaped oral history interviews conducted with Justice Blackmun in 1994 and 1995 by his former law clerk, Yale professor Harold Koh. The interviews were shot by a Federal Judicial Center videographer. Justice Blackmun was appointed by President Richard Nixon in 1970 and served until 1994. Blackmun died on March 4, 1999. close
On Thursday, March 4, 2004, the Library of Congress unsealed the papers of Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun on the fifth anniversary of his death. The collection included 38 hours of videotaped oral history interviews conducted with Justice Blackmun in 1994 and 1995 by his former law clerk, Yale professor Harold Koh. The interviews were shot by a Federal Judicial Center videographer. Justice Blackmun was appointed by President Richard Nixon in 1970 and served until 1994. Blackmun died on March 4, 1999.
On June 2, 1995, Justice Blackmun and then-Professor Koh talked about the death penalty, (which Justice Blackmun turned against toward the… read more
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 v. Wade case, for which Blackmun authored the majority opinion.
On Thursday, March 4, 2004, the Library of Congress unsealed the papers of Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun on the fifth anniversary of his death. The collection included 38 hours of videotaped oral history interviews conducted with Justice Blackmun in 1994 and 1995 by his former law clerk, Yale professor Harold Koh. The interviews were shot by a Federal Judicial Center videographer. Justice Blackmun was appointed by President Richard Nixon in 1970 and served until 1994. Blackmun died on March 4, 1999. close
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