Gap-Toothed Women
1987
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1 day ago · In 1979, the governor of Arizona elevated then-Judge O’Connor to the Arizona Court of Appeals. She was a founder of both the Arizona Women Lawyers Association and the National Association of Women Judges. In August 1981, President Reagan nominated Sandra Day O’Connor to the Supreme Court of the United States.
1 day ago · Justice Thomas also praised Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, saying she deserves far more credit than she gets, and repeated concerns that a Court in which eight of nine justices attended the same two ...
4 days ago · This document is a register of attorneys who were admitted to practice law before the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. The register includes an entry on November 10, 1958, documenting Sandra Day O’Connor’s addition to those who were approved to practice before the court. Prior to becoming the first woman appointed as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court ...
2 days ago · White — in which the court ruled 5-4 that Minnesota’s restriction on judicial candidates from opining on disputed legal or political issues was unconstitutional. Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who voted with the majority, later said the Supreme Court decision gave her pause.
5 days ago · But four years later, after the extremist Samuel Alito replaced the moderate Sandra Day O’Connor, the court gutted the law, allowing unlimited corporate expenditure as long as ads “didn’t ...
1 day ago · A Court of Firsts: Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female Supreme Court Justice in 1981, breaking centuries of male dominance in the judiciary. Longest Serving Justice: William O. Douglas holds the record for the longest tenure on the bench, serving over 36 years from 1939 to 1975. Unique Traditions
5 days ago · Attorneys with the ACLU and Lambda Legal, alongside other legal partners, filed suit later that year, and the case, L.W. v. Skrmetti, rose to the Supreme Court. Attorneys working for LGBTQ+ rights see the potential for a Supreme Court intervention in this case as a “make or break moment.” If the conservative-majority high court agrees to ...
