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Justice Harry Blackmun wrote the opinion of the Court; Chief Justice Warren Burger and Justices Potter Stewart and William O. Douglas wrote concurring opinions; Justices Byron White and William H. Rehnquist wrote dissenting opinions.Case Citation:Roe v. Wade, 410 US 113 (1973)
None. The landmark Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion in the United States, was decided in 1973. At that time, the Supreme Court had a majority of justices appointed by Republican presidents, who generally aligned with conservative ideology on social issues. However, the Court's decision in Roe v. Wade was upheld by a majority of justices who were appointed by both Republican and Democratic presidents.
The opinion in Doe v. Bolton was a 7-2 majority decision, with Justice Harry Blackmun writing the majority opinion. Justices Byron White and William Rehnquist were the two dissenters in the case.
Roe v. Wade was the landmark US Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion during the Burger Court.Majority (7-2)Chief Justice Warren BurgerJustice William O. DouglasJustice William J. BrennanJustice Potter StewartJustice Thurgood MarshallJustice Harry Blackmun*Justice Lewis PowellDissentingJustice Byron WhiteJustice William RehnquistCase Citation:Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
The Wade-Davis Bill required that a majority of prewar southern voters swear loyalty to the Union.
Wade-Davis Bill
The US Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of Roe vs. Wade.
The majority of the US population is for the choice.
The Chief Justice was Warren E. Burger, nominated by Richard Nixon. Associate Justices Lewis F. Powell, Jr. and Harry Blackmun were also nominated by Nixon. All three of them supported the majority decision, which was written by Blackmun. The fourth Nixon appointee, William Rehnquist, dissented. Also supporting the majority position were Thurgood Marshall, nominated by Lyndon Johnson; William O. Douglas, nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt; and William J. Brennan, Jr. and Potter Stewart, both nominated by Dwight D. Eisenhower. Finally, writing the dissenting opinion was Byron White, nominated by John F. Kennedy.
Wade-Davis Bill. I just had it on a test.
Wade-Davis Bill
The Wade-Davis Bill required that a majority of prewar southern voters swear loyalty to the Union.