It was 52 years ago today the U.S. Supreme Court handed down arguably its most controversial ruling of the 20th Century. The case involved a Texas woman named Norma McCorvey. In 1969 she found out she ...

1994—Justice Harry Blackmun announces his impending retirement after 24 years on the Court. His majority opinion in Roe v. Wade (1973) is rivaled only by Dred Scott as the worst opinion in Supreme ...

Justice Harry Blackmun, the 85-year-old senior member of the U.S. Supreme Court, is best remembered for writing the landmark Roe vs. Wade decision that in 1973 legalized abortion. Of his role, ...

Articles on March 5 and 7 related to the release of former Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun's papers omitted credit for staff researcher Julie Tate. (Published 3/9/04) The Library of Congress ...

The late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun will always be remembered first and foremost for writing Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision declaring a woman's right to an abortion. The late U.S.