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Harry Blackmun grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota, and was childhood friends with Warren Berger.After Berger became chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, he recommended Blackmun to the Supreme Court.The two were very close and were known as the "Minnesota Twins". However, due to their different political views, Blackmun and Berg gradually drifted apart, and eventually became strangers, and never communicated with each other.Blackmun has also grown from a conservative to a leader of liberal justices. "New York Times" veteran reporter and Pulitzer Prize winner Linda Greenhouse, with the help of 500,000 personal documents left after Blackmun's death, detailedly described the process of his break with Berg, and vividly portrayed Blackmun's abortion. The inner struggles and changes in positions in major cases such as the death penalty, women's rights, and freedom of speech reveal the inner world of a great judge.

This is a wonderful and inspiring book.Linda Greenhouse not only tells a moving story of a life-changing life, but also a nuanced portrait of how the Supreme Court works.This book is destined to be a classic. The best Supreme Court reporter in the United States, in the book depicts an emotionally entangled old man, and his vivid and charming image. Readable and entertaining... Greenhouse has managed to distill a moving narrative from Blackmun's personal papers. Elegant and decent, this book combines classic quotations, apt observations, and succinct storytelling.