After retiring, she succeeded Henry Kissinger as the Chancellor of the College of William & Mary. Casey.ĭuring her time on the Court, some publications ranked O'Connor among the most powerful women in the world. Gore, and was one of three co-authors of the lead opinion in Planned Parenthood v. She also wrote in part the per curiam majority opinion in Bush v. Her majority opinions in landmark cases include Grutter v.
Personal Birth date: MaBirth place: El Paso, Texas Birth name. She often wrote concurring opinions that sought to limit the reach of the majority holding. Here is a look at the life of the first female justice on the United States Supreme Court, Sandra Day O’Connor. Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter Greg Stohr talked about the announcement by retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor that she. During her 25 years on the Supreme Court, O’Connor was the critical swing vote on cases involving some of the 20th century’s most controversial issues, including race, gender and reproductive. O'Connor most frequently sided with the Court's conservative bloc but demonstrated an ability to side with the Court's liberal members. Samuel Alito was nominated to take her seat in October 2005 and joined the Court on January 31, 2006. On July 1, 2005, she announced her intention to retire effective upon the confirmation of a successor. Her husband died in 2009, after almost two decades of struggling with Alzheimer’s Disease. They had three children, Scott, Brian and Jay. Upon her nomination to the Court, O'Connor was confirmed unanimously by the Senate. Justice Sandra Day OConnor Place of Birth, El Paso, Texas State Appointed From, Arizona Appointing President, Reagan Judicial Oath Taken, September 25. December 20, 1952, Sandra Day married John J. Prior to O'Connor's tenure on the Court, she was a judge and an elected official in Arizona, serving as the first female majority leader of a state senate as the Republican leader in the Arizona Senate. Judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court for Division 31Ģ3rd Chancellor of the College of William and Mary She was the first woman nominated and, subsequently, the first woman confirmed who served as the first female associate justice of the Supreme Court of the. First Tells Story Of Justice Sandra Day OConnor 07:55. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Evan Thomas breaks new ground with extraordinary access to OConnor, her papers, journals and even 20 years of her husbands diary.
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