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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.
Instead of memorializing Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s contributions as the first woman on the court, some Arizona Republican legislators are opposing a newly proposed statue in ...
O'Connor dissented from the Court's per curiam decision to dismiss certiorari as improvidently granted, arguing that the Court's dismissal was based on speculation as to what the state court might do. O'Connor preferred to remand the case with instructions to consider whether the decision of the ICJ was binding on American courts, and to what ...
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 ...
The life and legacy of Sandra Day O'Connor. Joe St. George. December 18, 2023 at 9:43 AM ... the United States has lost many consequential — and at times controversial — figures in recent weeks.
Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood: 546 U.S. 320 (2005) abortion • parental notification • facial challenge: Unanimous: O'Connor's opinion for the Court vacated and remanded the First Circuit's judgment that New Hampshire's parental notification law was unconstitutional, but avoided a substantive ruling on the challenged law or a reconsideration of prior Supreme Court abortion precedent.
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor will be sorely missed and should always be honored, writes former clerk to the late justice, Traci Lovitt. Through merit, government service and personal integrity ...
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote the dissent, agreeing with the Court of Appeals decision that posthumous exceptions to attorney–client privilege were permissible when there was a "compelling law enforcement need for information." O'Connor proposed a balancing test, which would weigh the client’s posthumous interest in confidentiality ...