Podcast
Strict Scrutiny
This 2005 book, based on Justice Blackman's papers, offered a look inside the court, particularly documenting the complex relationship between Blackman and Chief Justice Burger. It also discussed Blackman's work on Roe v. Wade and his evolution on the death penalty, quoting his famous line about not tinkering with the machinery of death.
Also in the vein of dishy tea spilling, but much more appropriate because it's based on dishy tea spilling archives as opposed to off-the-record sources, is Linda Greenhouse's book Becoming Justice Bl...
— Episode: Calm Before the Storm
Episode: Calm Before the Storm
This 2005 book, based on Justice Blackman's papers, offered a look inside the court, particularly documenting the complex relationship between Blackman and Chief Justice Burger. It also discussed Blackman's work on Roe v. Wade and his evolution on the death penalty, quoting his famous line about not tinkering with the machinery of death.
Also in the vein of dishy tea spilling, but much more appropriate because it's based on dishy tea spilling archives as opposed to off-the-record sources, is Linda Greenhouse's book Becoming Justice Blackman from 2005.
He came to renounce the death penalty and wrote this quite beautiful long opinion that contained this very famous line from this day forward, no longer shall I tinker with the machinery of death.