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Sandra Day O'Connor (March 26, 1930 – December 1, 2023) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. Nominated by President Ronald Reagan, O'Connor was the first woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court justice.
Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, 116 people have served on the Court. The length of service on the Court for the 107 non-incumbent justices ranges from William O. Douglas's 36 years, 209 days to John Rutledge's 1 year, 18 days as associate justice and, separated by a period of years off the Court, his 138 days as chief justice.
She was the second female and the first Jewish female justice of the Supreme Court. [4] [74] [75] She eventually became the longest-serving Jewish justice. [76] The American Bar Association's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary rated Ginsburg as "well qualified", its highest rating for a prospective justice. [77]
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.
Charles Ommanney/Getty Images Former U.S. Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O’Connor has died. She was 93. “Retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Sandra Day O ...
For 25 years, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was a trailblazer who served with integrity and distinction on the Supreme Court The 1st woman on the Supreme Court—she was one of the true historic ...
Jackson was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Joe Biden on February 25, 2022, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate and sworn into office that same year. [1] [2] She is the first black woman and the first former federal public defender to serve on the Supreme Court. Jackson was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Miami, Florida.
Sandra Day O’Connor, born in El Paso and the first woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, has died at the age of 93.