sandra day o'connor

     

Sanra Day O'Connor (born March 26, 1930) is an American jurist.

Trivia about sandra day o'connor

  • In 1952 William Rehnquist graduated first in his class at Stanford Law & she graduated third
  • In September 1981 she became the 102nd justice of the Supreme Court
  • Brooklyn's Ruth Bader Ginsburg & this El Paso lass are among millionaires on the Supreme Court
  • Nominated by Ronald Reagan as a conservative, she's moved to the center while on the Supreme Court
  • This 1962 graduate of Stanford Law filled a vacancy created by Justice Potter Stewart
  • This first woman on the Supreme Court left the court in 2006
  • In 1998 a San Antonio, Texas school was named in honor of this first woman on the Supreme Court
  • She was an Ariz. State Senator in 1970; Ronald Reagan arranged an "appointment" with history for her in 1981
  • Her July 1, 2005 career decision sent shock waves across the country
  • At a dinner, redskins RB John Riggins begged this Supreme Court justice, "Come on, Sandy baby, loosen up"
  • Her appointment to the Supreme Court in 1981 to replace Potter Stewart was history-making
  • She once remarked, "The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender"
  • In 1981 she was taken to court--the Supreme Court--as its first woman justice
  • On September 21st, 1981 the U.S. Senate confirmed her as a Justice of the Supreme Court in a 99-0 vote