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NEWS ABOUT: Sandra Day O'Connor

Sandra Day O'Connor stories: 14 news summaries
OBITUARY

Husband of Retired Justice O'Connor Dies

John O'Connor, 79, suffered Alzheimer's complications

Nov 11, 09 9:26 PM CST
(AP) - John J. O'Connor III, the husband of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, died today at age 79 due to complications arising from Alzheimer's disease. John O'Connor, himself a lawyer, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's nearly two decades ago. His condition deteriorated markedly in mid-decade and when she announced her... More »

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Roberts Court Disappoints O'Connor

Moderate justice sees legacy 'dismantled'
by conservative turn

Oct 5, 09 2:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sandra Day O’Connor is none too pleased with the conservative turn the Supreme Court has taken since she retired. Asked at a conference how she felt about the court overturning or undermining rulings she’d helped make on issues like abortion rights, campaign finance and race, she replied, “... More »

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Samuel Alito • Sandra Day O'Connor • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor

Justices Prepare for Newest 'Family Member'

In rare interviews, they discuss dynamics of Supreme Court shifts

Sep 4, 09 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Sonia Sotomayor takes the bench for the first time next week, the Supreme Court will never be the same—as justice after justice tells C-Span in a rare interview program, each new member transforms the court's composition. John Roberts says that he looks at the bench "like people... More »

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Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sandra Day O'Connor • Clarence Thomas • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor

(Newser) - Three years after retiring from the Supreme Court, Sandra Day O'Connor is still on the bench—in federal appellate courts across the country, where the high court's first woman justice has quietly been filling in as a substitute judge. O'Connor has heard nearly 80 cases and written more than a... More »

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Sandra Day O'Connor • US Circuit Court of Appeals • US Supreme Court • justices • appellate court • women's issues

(Newser) - This year's Medal of Freedom recipients share a capacity to change the world, President Obama said today in naming the eclectic group. Among the 16 honorees are Sen. Ted Kennedy, slain gay-rights activist Harvey Milk, actor Sidney Poitier, tennis great Billie Jean King, and retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day... More »

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Sidney Poitier • Senate • Stephen Hawking • Desmond Tutu • tennis • Ted Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • civil rights • Presidential Medal of Freedom • US Supreme Court • US Senate • Billie Jean King • Jack Kemp • President Obama • Harvey Milk • Nancy Goodman Brinker • Pedro Jose Greer • Joseph Lowery • Joseph Medicine Crow • Chita Rivera • Mary Robinson • Janet Davison Rowley • Muhammad Yunus

(Newser) - The women of the Supreme Court—Sandra Day O'Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and now likely Sonia Sotomayor—may come from wildly different backgrounds, but they all shared a common childhood pastime: curling up with a Nancy Drew novel. What was it about that wholesome teenage detective? wonders Mary Jo... More »

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sandra Day O'Connor • reading • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor • Nancy Drew

 O'Connor: I'm Not a 'Feminist' 

Former justice wants kids to learn about courts

Mar 22, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sandra Day O’Connor says the reason she hoped a woman would be named to replace her on the Supreme Court is that it's easier not to be the only woman on the nation's highest bench. As the first female justice, she tells Deborah Solomon in the New York Times... More »

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feminism • women • courts • Sandra Day O'Connor • website • US Supreme Court

 Can Video Games
 Save the World? 

Creators take aim at education in the gaming industry

Jun 22, 08 5:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - A small group of educators and activists is championing the use of video games for more than just entertainment, the Washington Post reports. “I don't think games have to be fun,” one key organizer said. “I think games have to be engaging.” New titles in... More »

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education • media • environmentalism • Sandra Day O'Connor • political activism • video games

analysis

 O'Connor's Imprint Fades 

First female Supreme Court justice's legacy uncertain

Jun 10, 08 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Even as Sandra Day O’Connor public profile as an advocate for Alzheimer’s disease research grows, the legal imprint of the first woman Supreme Court justice is fading, USA Today reports. Since her departure, the Roberts court has shifted course on abortion and retreated from positions supported by her... More »

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Samuel Alito • abortion • John Roberts • law • Sandra Day O'Connor • integration • Samuel A. Alito • US Supreme Court • justices

Retired Justice Turns Video Game Designer

Day O'Connor's Our Courts aims to boost civics knowledge

Jun 5, 08 3:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor isn't taking it easy now that she's no longer writing decisions, Wired reports. The first woman to be appointed to the top court is leading a project to help young people learn more about their government through a video game. Our Courts, an... More »

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education • Sandra Day O'Connor • judge • computer games • US Supreme Court • educational programs • video games

Supreme Court Gets First-Ever Wall Calendar

Birthdays, key decisions won't go begging for legal eagles in '08

Nov 29, 07 7:35 PM CST
(Newser) - The Supreme Court may not come knocking at your door over the holidays, but the stars of the judicial branch have their very own calendar for sale, the Washingtonian reports. Legal Times court reporter Tony Mauro is to thank for the effort, which will help ensure that law junkies... More »

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg • calendars • Sandra Day O'Connor • US Constitution • US Supreme Court

O'Connor Embraces Husband's
New Flame

Retired justice supports Alzheimer's romance

Nov 13, 07 2:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Sandra Day O'Connor, who retired from the Supreme Court last year to care for her ailing husband, is now supporting his romance with another woman at the Alzheimer's center where they both live. In a poignant development experts say is common, John O'Connor no longer remembers his wife of 52... More »

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Sandra Day O'Connor • Alzheimer's Disease

New Court Overturns O'Connor

Dahlia Lithwick writes on the jurist's fast- dismantled legacy

Jul 10, 07 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Justice Sandra Day O'Connor legal legacy is one of the first casualties of the new Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts, Slate's Dahlia Lithwick writes. After being hailed as the most powerful women in America, the former justice has seen her judgments "explicitly minimized" or "stepped distastefully... More »

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abortion • John Roberts • law • campaign finance • Sandra Day O'Connor • affirmative action • US Supreme Court

Kennedy Is Swing Vote as Supreme Court Shifts Right

The term in review

Jun 30, 07 7:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - As the Supreme Court wrapped up its first term under Chief Justice John Roberts Friday, the new court's conservative bent was obvious: the Court swung to the right in most of the ideological cases decided this year by a 5-4 margin. Justice Anthony Kennedy delivered the swing vote, making him... More »

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John Roberts • Anthony Kennedy • Stephen Breyer • Sandra Day O'Connor • judge • judicial • US Supreme Court

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