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Aug 7, 2023 · September 25, 2018: In recognition of the day Sandra Day O’Connor was sworn in as an Associate Justice to the Supreme Court of the United States and because she has distinguished herself as an extraordinary Arizonan and American who impacted our nation’s history for all future generations, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey declared September 25 ...
Dec 19, 2023 · Biden hailed Sandra O'Connor's work for empowering women: "Sandra Day O'Connor, the daughter of the American West, was a pioneer in her own right, breaking down the barriers of legal and political ...
Dec 18, 2023 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, was remembered Monday as a trailblazer who never lost sight of how the high court’s decisions affected all Americans. O’Connor, an Arizona native who was an unwavering voice of moderate conservatism for more than two decades, died Dec. 1 ...
Dec 1, 2023 · Sandra Day O'Connor, the history-making justice who was the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, died this morning in Phoenix from complications of dementia and a respiratory illness.
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Dec 1, 2023 · Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor waving to a crowd from the U.S. Capitol steps on the day that the Senate confirmed her to the position in 1981. Photo via Getty Images
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, LLB ’52 (BA ’50), the first woman justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, died on Friday, December 3. She was 93. Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, she would go on to write 645 opinions, including landmark decisions upholding gender equality (1982’s Mississippi University for Women v.
Dec 19, 2023 · Historian says the Supreme Court building was O'Connor's "temple": Evan W. Thomas III described how the late Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was "the glue" of the Supreme Court, recalling how she encouraged the justices to get to know each other outside of the chamber. Thomas described her dedication to the law, saying she "found her ...
