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1st Woman Supreme Court Justice Dies

Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Dec 1, 2023
News Type: Passages

Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, has died at age 93. Nominated to the court by President Ronald Regan in 1981, O’Connor served until 2006. In his nomination, Reagan called her “truly a person for all seasons, possessing those unique qualities of temperament, fairness, intellectual capacity and devotion to the public good which have characterized the 101 brethren who have preceded her.” During her tenure, O’Connor became known as a moderate conservative and was often the deciding vote on thorny social issues, including affirmative action and abortion rights. Chief Justice John Roberts described O’Connor as a “patriot” and a “fiercely independent defender of the rule of law, and an eloquent advocate for civics education.” CNN has this remembrance. Members of the Tennessee judiciary also reflected on O'Connor's impact as a jurist.

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