{"id":54850,"date":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-legal\/supreme\/supreme_court\/justices\/blackmundemoindex.html"},"modified":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","slug":"blackmundemoindex","status":"publish","type":"supreme","link":"https:\/\/supreme.findlaw.com\/supreme_court\/justices\/blackmundemoindex.html","title":{"rendered":"Oral Biography of Hon. Harry A. Blackmun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7  fl-block-columns fl-sectionWithSidebar fl-container fl-flex fl-flex-wrap fl-gap30\">\n    \n    <div class=\"fl-page-articles   fl-block-column fl-section-main fl-section-main-full-width\">\n        <h1 class=\"fl-no-margin-top\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n                 \n                 \n                   <b>Oral Biography of Hon. Harry A. Blackmun<\/b>\n                   <b>\n                   \n                     <\/b><p> The oral history was conducted by one of Blackmun&#8217;s former clerks, Harold Koh, and provides a personal account of Justice Harry A. Blackmun&#8217;s life from his youth through his career on the United States Supreme Court, including his years as a student at Harvard University, as a lawyer, and as a judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. In addition to providing valuable insight into the life one of the Court&#8217;s most influential justices, the transcript provides a valuable behind-the-scenes glimpse at the inner workings of the Court and the process through which some the most influential decisions in American history came to be.<\/p>\n       \n\n\n   \n\n      \n      \n      Sponsored Links\n       <script language=\"javascript\">fl_legal_645x33();<\/script>\n       <script language=\"javascript\">fl_legal_645x33();<\/script>\n      \n      <script>\n       hide_box('fl_container');\n      <\/script>\n      \n                   \n\n       \n                   \n                     \n                       <b>Related Resources<\/b>\n                       <ul class=\"tight bl pop\">\n                         <li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/rr\/mss\/blackmun\/\" target=\"_blank\" span=\"span\" rel=\"noopener\">Library of   Congress: The  Blackmun Papers<\/a><br>\n                         <\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"\/supreme_court\/justices.html\" target=\"_blank\" span=\"span\">Biographies of Past and Current Justices<\/a><br>\n                         <\/li>\n                         <li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oyez.org\/oyez\/resource\/legal_entity\/98\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" span=\"span\" rel=\"noopener\">Blackmun Bio  &#8211; Oyez <\/a><\/li>\n                         <li><a href=\"http:\/\/clinton6.nara.gov\/1994\/04\/1994-04-06-president-justice-blackmun-on-blackmun-resignation.html\" target=\"_blank\" span=\"span\" rel=\"noopener\">Remarks by Bill Clinton and Blackmun on Blackmun&#8217;s Resignation from the Court in 1994 <\/a><br>\n                                                 <\/li>\n                         <li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.supremecourthistory.org\/02_history\/subs_timeline\/images_associates\/083.html\" target=\"_blank\" span=\"span\" rel=\"noopener\">Supreme Court Historical Society: Justice   Blackmun<\/a><br>\n                         <\/li>\n                         <li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.supremecourthistory.org\/02_history\/subs_history\/02_c15.html\" target=\"_blank\" span=\"span\" rel=\"noopener\">Supreme Court Historical Society: A History of the Burger   Court<\/a><br>\n                         <\/li>\n                       <\/ul>                      \n                       \n                     \n                     \n                   \n       \n                 \n     \n     \n\n   \n     <b>Browse Blackmun Oral History Transcript by Topic <\/b>\n     \n       \n         <b> <\/b>\n         \n           <b><a href=\"\">&#8216;Roe v. 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