LEADER 03018nam 2200457 a 450 001 9910810179703321 005 20240418142621.0 010 0 $a0198032382 010 0 $a9780198032380 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7036590 035 $a(CKB)24235064200041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415401 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415401 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10219989 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL115883 035 $a(OCoLC)476242171 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924235064200041 100 $a20070321d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHarry A. Blackmun$b[electronic resource] $ethe outsider justice /$fTinsley E. Yarbrough 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2008 215 $axiii, 397 p., [8] p. of plates $cill 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [351]-384) and index. 327 $aDayton's Bluff to Harvard -- Minnesota lawyer -- Circuit judge -- "A ton of bricks" -- The chambers -- The Minnesota twins -- Roe and beyond -- Liberal icon -- Changing the guard -- Citizen Blackmun. 330 $aHarry A. Blackmun: The Outsider Justice is Tinsley E. Yarbrough's penetrating account of one of the most outspoken and complicated figures on the Supreme Court. As a justice, Blackmun stood at the pinnacle of the American judiciary. Yet when he took his seat on the Court, Justice Blackmun felt "almost desperate," overwhelmed with feelings of self-doubt and inadequacy over the immense responsibilities before him. Remarkably, though, that very self-image instilled in the justice, throughout his career, a deep empathy for society's most vulnerable outsiders--women faced with unwanted pregnancies, homosexuals subjected to archaic laws, and ultimately, death-row inmates. To those who saw his career as the constitutional odyssey of a conservative jurist gradually transformed into a champion of the underdog, Blackmun had a ready answer: he had not changed; the Court and the issues before them changed. The justice's identification with the marginalized members of society arguably provides the overarching key to that consistency. Thoroughly researched, engagingly written, Harry A. Blackmun: The Outsider Justice offers an in-depth, revelatory portrait of one of the most intriguing jurists ever to sit on the Supreme Court. Relying on in-depth archival material, in addition to numerous interviews with Blackmun's former clerks, Yarbrough here presents the definitive biography of the great justice, ultimately providing an illuminating window into the inner-workings of the modern Supreme Court. 606 $aJudges$zUnited States$vBiography 615 0$aJudges 676 $a347.73/2634 676 $aB 700 $aYarbrough$b Tinsley E.$f1941-$01600226 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910810179703321 996 $aHarry A. Blackmun$93925266 997 $aUNINA