# Harry A. Blackmun oral history interview. Session 12

Harry Blackmun recounts the late 1970s and early 1980s, touching on court cases, security concerns, his mother's passing, women joining the court, and, what he deems, foolishness inside of the court. Blackmun also expresses gratitude for the things that made writing opinions easier: his clerks, word processors, and the advent of email.

- Kind: Interview
- Year: 1995
- Runtime: 1 h 42 min
- By: Blackmun, Harry A. (harry Andrew)
- Genres: History
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2023600527/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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