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9 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Abortion--United States.
Byron R. White papers, 1961-1993
183,500 items. 858 containers. 361.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, United States deputy attorney general, lawyer, naval intelligence officer, Rhodes scholar, and professional football player. Opinion files and related administrative records documenting cases heard during White's tenure on the Supreme Court, including material on cases involving the "Miranda law", abortion, child pornography, freedom of speech, homosexuality, racial bias, and liability of news organizations.
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Forrest David Mathews papers, 1967-1980
300 items. 4 containers. 1.6 linear feet. 39 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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U.S. secretary of health, education and welfare; and educator. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, subject files, and other papers relating chiefly to Mathews' service as secretary of health, education, and welfare.
Robert H. Bork papers, 1798-2012
201,000 items. 690 containers plus 1 classified and 1 oversize. 279 linear feet. 14,018 digital files (7.16 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer, educator, and judge. Personal and official correspondence, lectures, legal briefs and opinions, legal case files, memoranda, speeches, writings, research notes, and other papers documenting Bork's career as a lawyer, legal scholar, professor of law, and federal appellate court judge. Also included is material relating to his unsuccessful nomination to the Supreme Court.
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David S. Tatel papers, 1871-2023
155,000 items. 525 containers. 210 linear feet. 7,171 digital files (4.38 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Judge, lawyer, and public official. Correspondence, memoranda, case files, speeches, writings, reports, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other papers in both physical and digital formats relating chiefly to Tatel’s legal career as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, his service as Director for the Office for Civil Rights for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and his private law practices in Chicago, Ill., and Washington, D.C.
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Sandra Day O'Connor papers, 1944-2008
256,575 items. 851 containers plus 1 classified and 10 oversize. 339.8 linear feet. 356 digital files (0.88 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer, judge, and state legislator of Arizona and first woman associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Correspondence, memoranda, case files, legal papers, subject files, speeches, and writings relating primarily to O'Connor's judicial career.
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Harry A. Blackmun papers, 1913-2001
530,800 items. 1,576 containers plus 9 oversize. 630.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer, judge, and Supreme Court justice. Correspondence, memoranda, case files, legal papers, subject files, speeches, and writings relating primarily to Blackmun's judicial career from 1959 to 1994.
John Garrett Penn papers, 1918-2007
50,000 items. 170 containers. 68 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Judge. Correspondence, memoranda, bench books, orders, opinions, briefs, motions, exhibits, trial transcripts, depositions, notes, appointment books, reports, speeches and writings, clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating chiefly to Penn's career as a superior court judge and a federal district court judge.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg papers, 1897-2021
55,250 items. 157 containers plus 66 restricted. 61.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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U.S. Supreme Court justice, judge, lawyer, and educator. Correspondence, memoranda, case files, speeches, lectures, writings, reports, interviews, briefs, orders, opinions, motions, depositions, and other papers relating chiefly to Ginsburg's efforts as an advocate for women's rights, particularly through her speeches and writings and her endeavors as general counsel to the American Civil Liberties Union and director of its Women's Rights Project. Documents her work as a proponent for the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s, as law professor at Columbia University, and as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1980-1993. Also includes family papers and material relating to Ginsburg's travels.
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John Paul Stevens papers, 1939-2019
470,000 items. 1281 containers. 512 linear feet. 32 digital files (4.73 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer, judge, and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Case files, docket sheets, and certiorari memoranda and other material in both physical and digital formats documenting primarily Stevens's tenure as a Supreme Court justice.
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