O'Connor, Sandra Day
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O'Connor, Sandra Day (26 Mar. 1930). US Supreme Court Justice 1981– Born at El Paso, Texas, she faced a great deal of sexual prejudice after graduating from Stanford Law School — at one point she was offered a job as a secretary at a law firm. Despite this, she rose through the Arizona legal system and
Republican establishment, in a remarkable career. A member of the Arizona Senate (1969–75), she became its first female majority leader (1973–4). In 1975, she returned to the law, and was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals in 1979. In 1981, she became the first female
Supreme Court Justice, appointed by
Reagan. On the court, she aligned herself initially with the conservative
Rehnquist, but began to move towards the middle ground. An advocate of state rights, during the 1990s she came to occupy the centre vote in a court also composed of four liberal and four conservative justices.
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Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day OConnor Agrees to Serve as U.S. Representative to the Board of the Broader Middle East and North Africa Foundation for the Future.
M2 Presswire; 6/9/2006; 537 words
; ...US DEPT OF STATE: Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day OConnor Agrees to Serve as U.S. Representative to the...announce that former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day OConnor has agreed to serve as the U.S. representative...
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OConnor House Receives Major Gift from US Airways Community Foundation
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 7/2/2009; 684 words
; ...Foundations Capital Campaign Committee for the OConnor House Project, announced today that the OConnor House Project has been awarded a $40...of the original adobe home of Justice Sandra Day and John OConnor. The home has been relocated in Tempes...
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Carer tells inquest he never hit patient who later died in hospital; OConnor: Lost his temper Bellew: Hit in the stomach.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 12/7/2007; 694 words
; ...BertieBellew died eight days later from pre-existing...assault occurred. Nurse Sandra Maguire told Drogheda...care attendantMartin OConnor. At around 9.30pm...MrBellew and Martin OConnor. She saw that Mr OConnor had Mr Bellews right...
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Sandra Day O'Connor and Ellen Gracie Northfleet Featured Speakers During Workshop on the Courts
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 12/28/2007; 613 words
; ...USNewswire/ -- The Honorable Sandra Day OConnor and President Ellen Gracie Northfleet...over 3,500 law faculty. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor served as the first...of the United States. Justice OConnor was nominated to the Court by President...
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Phila. Bar Association to Present O'Connor Award to Marks; Hear from Temple University's First Woman President Tomorrow
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 10/15/2007; 582 words
; ...Oct. 16) when it presents the Sandra Day OConnor Award to Lynn Marks, Executive...5th Floor Grand Ballroom. The OConnor Award presentation will be made...will preside at the event. The Sandra Day OConnor Award is conferred...
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Senator opposes Alito for Court
Newspaper article from: The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL; 1/21/2006; ; 670 words
; ...choice to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day OConnor. The committees majority of 10...decade decided by a 5-4 vote. OConnor provided the swing vote in 148...Time and again, it was Justice OConnor critical fifth vote that preserved...
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Partisan battle over Alito begins
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 11/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...people. Had the president simply asked Justice Sandra Day OConnor to finish this term on the court, he could have...presidents choice would be in the spirit of Justice Sandra Day OConnor, who respects civil rights, privacy rights, reproductive...
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Alito takes a seat on nations high court
Newspaper article from: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA; 2/1/2006; 700+ words
; ...among other important issues of the day. Alito replaces Sandra Day OConnor, considered a swing vote on a number...Judiciary Committee, could have cited OConnor as an example of this. OConnor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme...
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Justices' questions cut to heart of fight
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 12/3/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...historic, 90-minute proceeding: Sandra Day OConnor Appointed: 1981 by President Reagan...violated federal law. Significance: OConnor, considered a centrist, was cutting...the line of questioning by Judge OConnor: 44It looks to me ... the statute...
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Judges under fire: Unbalanced criticism
Newspaper article from: The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL; 4/3/2006; 456 words
; ...more eloquent than a recent speech by retired Justice Sandra Day OConnor. Warning "against those who would strong-arm the judiciary," OConnor said, "It takes a lot of degeneration before a country...
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