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Papers
- O'Connor, Sandra Day (GaleGroup.com)
Provides a biography of the first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. 6-05
- O'Connor, Sandra Day (LucidCafe.com)
Provides a biography of the first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. 6-05
- O'Connor, Sandra Day (Wikipedia.org)
Provides a biography of the first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. 6-05
- O'Connor, Sandra Day - Court Battle Will Shape America's Future (MSNBC News)
"With the announcement Friday that Sandra Day O’Connor is retiring, the pent-up expectations will be fulfilled: This capital city and the nation are headed for a defining ideological struggle over the Supreme Court."
"For better or worse, the battle over the O'Connor vacancy is a battle over the big four social issues of American politics: abortion, the death penalty, religious expression, and legal protections for gays and lesbians." 7-05
- O'Connor, Sandra Day - Immense Power (MSNBC News)
"Never as consistently conservative as those on the right would have liked, but sometimes providing the decisive fifth vote in cases dear to the hearts of conservatives, such as her vote in 2002 to approve Ohio's school voucher plan, O'Connor, 75, has wielded immense power in her years on the court." 7-05
- O'Connor, Sandra Day - Justice in the Balance (CBS News)
"CBS News Legal Analyst Andrew Cohen said O'Connor's departure is 'far more significant' than the conservative Rehnquist's would have been."
" 'She was the pivotal "swing" vote on many of the most contentious issues of the day, from affirmative action to abortion rights, from campaign-finance reform to federal disability access law, from gay rights to the death penalty,' said Cohen." 7-05
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