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In ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'', Chief Justice Burger voted with the majority of the court in favor of [[abortion]] but supposedly only did so to enable him to assign the writing of the opinion to Justice Blackmun rather than to Justice [[William Brennan]], who was expected to write a more liberal decision.<ref>The Chief Justice has the power to assign who writes the opinion for the side that he is on; the writer of the opinion on the other side is determined by the most senior judge on that side.</ref>  As it turned out, Justice Brennan had tremendous influence over the writing of the decision anyway.

In ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'', Chief Justice Burger voted with the majority of the court in favor of [[abortion]] but supposedly only did so to enable him to assign the writing of the opinion to Justice Blackmun rather than to Justice [[William Brennan]], who was expected to write a more liberal decision.<ref>The Chief Justice has the power to assign who writes the opinion for the side that he is on; the writer of the opinion on the other side is determined by the most senior judge on that side.</ref>  As it turned out, Justice Brennan had tremendous influence over the writing of the decision anyway.

==External Links==

==External links==

http://www.oyez.org/justices/warren_e_burger/

* http://www.oyez.org/justices/warren_e_burger/

==Further reading==

==Further reading==

* Blasi, Vincent. ''The Burger Court'' (1983);

* Blasi, Vincent. ''The Burger Court'' (1983);