Sandra Day O'Conner's Storyboard
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- She was elected as a Superior Court judge in Maricopa county, a post she held from 1975 to 1979, when she was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals in Phoenix.In July 1981 President Ronald Reagan nominated her to fill the vacancy left on the Supreme Court by the retirement of Justice Potter Stewart O’Connor was confirmed unanimously by the Senate and was sworn in as the first female justice on September 25, 1981.
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- O’Connor quickly became known for her pragmatism and was considered, with Justice a Anthony Kennedy, a decisive swing vote in the Supreme Court’s decisions. In such disparate fields as election law and abortion rights, she attempted to fashion workable solutions to major conditional questions, often over the course of several cases.O’Connor’s views on abortion rights were articulated gradually. In a series of rulings, she signaled a reluctance to support any decision that would deny women the right to choose a safe and legal abortion.
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- In 2006 O’Connor retired from the Supreme Court and was replaced by Samuel Alito. Sandra Day O’Connor died in December 1, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona
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