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Article: Life after Blackmun: Clinton has a chance to stabilize and refocus the Supreme Court. (Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun)(includes related information on possible replacement candidates)
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- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- April 18, 1994
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On New Year's Eve, 1992, it hit home for Bill Clinton: One day he would have to accept the resignation of one of his heroes in public life. Clinton had just been elected president and was attending the annual gabfest known as Renaissance Weekend. He joined Justice Harry Blackmun, whom he had come to know from previous Renaissance Weekends and whose judicial work he had long admired, on a panel entitled "Changing of the Guard." Blackmun told of his deep commitment to public service and how he wanted to pass the torch to a new generation. Some in the audience thought he was saying that, after two decades on the Supreme Court, he was now confident that he could retire and the ...