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On April 9, 2009, Justice O'Connor was named Fifteenth Hendrick Fellow by the United States Coast Guard Academy. On August 12, 2009, Justice O'Connor was awarded the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. [22] [23] On November 18, 2009, O'Connor received The Lincoln Forum's Richard Nelson Current Award of Achievement. [24]
But Mr. O'Connor said his wife would be reluctant to retire if a Democrat were in the White House and would choose her replacement. Justice O'Connor declined to comment." [89] Justice O'Connor and her husband John O'Connor with President George W. Bush in May 2004 Justice O'Connor's letter to Bush, dated July 1, 2005, announcing her retirement
Opened in 1998, O'Connor High School followed the tradition of all the Northside high schools in being named after a Supreme Court justice, Sandra Day O'Connor, who served from 1981 to 2006, and was the first female justice on United States Supreme Court. The school colors are navy blue, white, and old gold, and the mascot is the Panther.
The good news is that the work that Justice O’Connor and others have done has had an impact. The iCivics project recently found that 38 states now require stand-alone high school civics course ...
Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, who died Dec. 1 at 93, spent some time in Tallahassee almost 15 years ago, promoting a website devoted to engaging young ...
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 ...
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.
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, a court spokesman said in a statement.