Who is Sandra Day O'connor
Sandra Day O'Connor (born March 26, 1930) is a retired American attorney and politician who served as the first female associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. She was both the first woman nominated and the first confirmed to the court. Nominated by President Ronald Reagan, she was considered the swing vote for the Rehnquist Court and the first five months of the Roberts Court.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. Upon her nomination to the Court, O'Connor was confirmed unanimously by the Senate. On July 1, 2005, she announced her intention to retire effective upon the confirmatio...
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- We don't accomplish anything in this world alone... and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one's life and all the weavings of individual threads form one to another that creates something.
- Most high courts in other nations do not have discretion, such as we enjoy, in selecting the cases that the high court reviews. Our court is virtually alone in the amount of discretion it has.
- Yes, I will bring the understanding of a woman to the Court, but I doubt that alone will affect my decisions.
- We pay a price when we deprive children of the exposure to the values, principles, and education they need to make them good citizens.
- The more education a woman has, the wider the gap between men's and women's earnings for the same work.
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