O'Connor, Sandra Day

(1930– ) Supreme Court justice; born in El Paso, Texas. After taking her law degree from Stanford (1952), she had a private practice in Arizona; serving in the Arizona Senate (1969–74), she was the first woman in America to be elected majority leader of a state senate (1972–74). She was elected to a county superior court (1974–79) and was then appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals (1979–81). When President Ronald Reagan selected her, she became the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court (1981). Generally conservative in her legal views, she occasionally took independent positions and for long held the "swing vote" on the issue of abortion.

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Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's remarkable example of determination, deliberation, and moderation is always worth more reflection.

First: Sandra Day O'Connor

The talking heads within the media have failed to mention past Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's remarks about abortion when she stated, "Abortion is headed on a collision course with medical science." That, of course, is exactly where we are at this time.

Abortion's collision course with science

Muscat: A new series on Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first and second female justices of the US Supreme Court, is to soon begin development.

New series on first ever female US Supreme Court justices under development

Carey School of Business Administration, and a Juris Doctorate degree from the Sandra Day O'Connor School of Law, both at Arizona State University.

Greg Cobb new Chief Financial Officer for Ei Companies

This combination photo shows retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor accepting the Minerva Award during the Women's Conference in Long Beach, Calif.

TV drama about high court's Ginsburg, O'Connor in the works

Diehn earned his law degree from the Phoenix-based Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University in 1995.

Walker taps Black River Falls attorney to be Jackson County DA

They compared them to 1990, when there was only one female Supreme Court justice (Sandra Day O'Connor), and 2002, when there were two women (O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg) on the court During the 12 years studied, women made up, on average, 24 percent of the bench.

Manterruptions out of order

Randy Nussbaum, a graduate of ASU's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, stated, "The firm's gift is designed to provide a resource to those students so they can remain in school, notwithstanding their mid-term economic hardship."

Nussbaum Gillis & Dinner Funds Financial Needs Scholarship Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University

This year's Sandra Day O'Connor Board Excellence Award recipients--Pamela Thomas Graham, Frances Fragos Townsend and Ann Veneman--provide tangible proof of the valuable contributions women lawyers can make to a board and underscore the importance of our mission.

Spotlight on those changing the board diversity paradigm

Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor greets Anne Ziaja, executive director of the Massachusetts Senate's Office of Education and Civic Engagement, at the Atlanta Summit.

Photos with the famous

The rancher is the brother of Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor. ([umlaut] Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)

The Horse Lover: A Cowboy's Quest to Save the Wild Mustangs

The ASU Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law's Post-conviction Clinic said that it, the University of Arizona James E.

DOJ grants Arizona DNA Advocacy Project USD935,000