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|name=Byron White
|name=Byron White
|image=ByronWhite.jpg
|image=ByronWhite.jpg
|party=
|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=
|spouse=Marion Stearns
|religion=[[Episcopalian]]
|religion=[[Episcopalian]]
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'''Byron Raymond White''', (June 8, 1917 – April 15, 2002) was an Associate Justice of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] from 1962 to 1993. He was raised in [[Colorado]], where a federal building housing the [[Tenth Circuit]] has been named after him.
'''Byron Raymond White''', (June 8, 1917 – April 15, 2002) was an Associate Justice of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] from 1962 to 1993. He was raised in [[Colorado]], where a federal building housing the [[Tenth Circuit]] has been named after him.
==Early life==
White was a standout football player in the very early days of professional football (long before the [[NFL]] was formed) before becoming a judge. He was a recipient of the [[Bronze Star]] and was a [[Rhodes Scholar]].<ref>http://www.nndb.com/people/401/000059224/</ref>
==Supreme Court justice==
A social [[conservative]] appointed by President [[John F. Kennedy]], White was one of only two Justices to dissent from ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' in 1973. He also opposed inventing a constitutional right for [[homosexuality]], and wrote the decision for the Court in ''[[Bowers v. Hardwick]]'' (1986), which he stated that:
A social [[conservative]] appointed by President [[John F. Kennedy]], White was one of only two Justices to dissent from ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' in 1973. He also opposed inventing a constitutional right for [[homosexuality]], and wrote the decision for the Court in ''[[Bowers v. Hardwick]]'' (1986), which he stated that:
He resigned in 1993 while only in his 70s so that President [[Bill Clinton]], a fellow [[Democrat]], could fill his vacancy.
He resigned in 1993 while only in his 70s so that President [[Bill Clinton]], a fellow [[Democrat]], could fill his vacancy.
==References==
==References==
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