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O'Connor was a proponent of collegiality among justices on the court, often insisting that the justices eat lunch together. [58] In 1993, Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the second female Supreme Court justice. [58] O'Connor said that she felt relief from the media clamor when she no longer was the only woman on the Court.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, whose centrist views and shrewd negotiating skills allowed her to steer the nation’s law ...
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in March 28, 1992. - Diana Walker/The Chronicle Collection/Getty Images O’Connor also wrote a 5-4 opinion upholding the University of Michigan Law ...
Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court and the justice who held the court’s center for more than a generation, died Friday, the court said in a statement. She was 93.
The O'Connor Justice Prize, named for former United States Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O’Connor, was established in 2014 to raise visibility for rule-of-law initiatives; recognize people who have made extraordinary contributions to advancing the rule of law, justice, and human rights; and to honor O'Connor's legacy.
O’Connor, a savvy consensus builder who was the first woman to serve on the court, died Dec. 1 at the age of 93. Her body will lie in repose in the Supreme Court’s Great Hall all day Monday.
On April 5, 2006, Arizona State University renamed its law school the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. [8] O'Connor's house was moved from Paradise Valley, Ariz., to Tempe's Papago Park. In 2009, Justice O'Connor's house was relocated from its original site on Denton Lane in Paradise Valley to 1230 North College Avenue in Tempe Papago Park.
Following O’Connor’s announced retirement plans in 2005, President George W. Bush first nominated John Roberts and then Harriet Miers to fill Sandra Day O’Connor’s open associate justice seat.