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Aug 11, 2021 · Sandra Day O'Connor fields an inquiry during her confirmation hearings, Sept 9, 1981. MediaPunch Inc / Alamy Stock Photo. Her hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee were the first of any ...
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 ...
Dec 1, 2023 · Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to ascend to the high court and its most influential jurist for much of her 24-year tenure, died Friday. O’Connor announced ...
Dec 1, 2023 · Sandra Day O’Connor, who has died aged 93, had two principal claims to fame. The first was indisputable: she was the first woman to serve as a justice of the US supreme court , holding office ...
Sandra Day O’Connor was the first woman to serve as a Supreme Court justice. During the 1980 presidential campaign, Ronald Reagan promised to nominate the first woman to the U.S. Supreme Court ...
Dec 1, 2023 · By National Archives News Staff. WASHINGTON, December 1, 2023 – Retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Sandra Day O'Connor died today at the age of 93. Sandra Day O'Connor being sworn in as a Supreme Court Justice by Chief Justice Warren Burger as her husband John O'Connor looks on, September 25, 1981. (NAID ...
In 1981, when Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female justice on the Supreme Court, the bulletin led every TV news broadcast and major newspaper in the country and ...
