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'''Byron Raymond White''', (June 8, 1917 – April 15, 2002) was a Supreme Court Justice of The United States. See Wikpedidia, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_White Byron White].
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'''Byron Raymond White''', (June 8, 1917 – April 15, 2002) was an Associate Justice of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]]. He was raised in [[Colorado]], where a federal building housing the [[Tenth Circuit]] has been named after him.
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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]].
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He resigned while only in his 70s so that President [[Bill Clinton]], a fellow [[Democrat]], could fill his vacancy.
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