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Dec 1, 2023 · Transcript Audio. Sandra Day O'Connor, the history-making justice who was the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court, died Friday at 93. Her tenure is notable not just because she...
Nominated by President Ronald Reagan, she was considered a swing vote for the Rehnquist Court and the first four months of the Roberts Court. Before O'Connor's tenure on the Court, she was an Arizona state judge and earlier an elected legislator in Arizona, serving as the first female majority leader of a state senate as the Republican leader ...
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Dec 1, 2023 · Sandra Day O’Connor, who died on Friday, is forever linked to the word “first” — the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court. But especially when one thinks about today’s court, the...
Dec 1, 2023 · Dec. 1, 2023. Sandra Day O’Connor gave up lifetime tenure on the Supreme Court — a job she loved and one with extraordinary power — to care for her husband of 52 years as he...
Sep 20, 2021 · How Sandra Day O’Connor’s western ethos guided her Supreme Court tenure | Texas Standard. The retired justice was born in El Paso and attended school there as a child but was especially shaped by her years on her family’s Arizona ranch. Share this story with a friend: By Laura Rice September 20, 2021 6:52 am Arts & Culture, Crime & Justice, History
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Sep 20, 2021 · She did do a great deal of good for women's equality during her years in the Arizona Senate and then as a Supreme Court justice. But she shunned the label of feminist. One label she did not shun was Republican – though her opinions did not always square with contemporary politics. How should we understand that part of this story today?
Dec 1, 2023 · For much of her tenure, the late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was the most important vote on the Supreme Court. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, she voted with the majority in more...
