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He was a lifelong Republican, but over the years, Harry Blackmun built a reputation as a liberal, sometimes defiant Justice, whose fierce protection of individual rights led some to anoint him the moral conscience of the court.

Judy Woodruff

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Judy Woodruff
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: November 20
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Tulsa
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Judy Carline Woodruff
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So many times, white - non-college-education - educated white males have voted Republican. They voted against their own economic interests because of guns, because of gays, and because of God, the three G's, God being the woman's right to choose.
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For the past 21 years, I've been privileged to be part of an amazing organization called the International Women's Media Foundation.
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I don't think anyone is closer to the voters in Washington than members of the House of Representatives.
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Now it's become sort of a - you know, just sort of a casual thing, and you can vote any time at all. It doesn't increase turnout. It hasn't increased turnout, really. And I don't think it's a healthy development. I sound like an old fogey here.
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Some days you feel like you've had the greatest ego massage, then the next day you've been trampled on.
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