Blackmun

[ blak-muhn ]

noun

1. Harry A(ndrew), 1908–1999, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1970–94.

Example Sentences

Wade decision was drafted by Justice Harry Blackmun, a Nixon appointee.

From Los Angeles Times

But gone also are the judicial giants — men like William Brennan and Harry Blackmun — who were nominated by presidents of the opposing political party.

From Seattle Times

That system, what Justice Harry Blackmun once called “the machinery of death,” makes it possible to speak and act as inhumanely as Lumpkin did.

From Slate

In Blackmun’s words, it “lessens us all.”

From Slate

Three years after Powell acknowledged his death penalty regrets, Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun discussed his own change of heart while still serving on the bench.

From Slate