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09/26/2006
Justice Stephen Breyer, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
An hour with Justice Stephen Breyer and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
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An hour conversation with Justice Stephen Breyer and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor about the current United States Supreme Court and issues of judiciary independence and activism. The conversation includes discussions of the process of judicial selection at both the national and state levels.
Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor is an American jurist who served as the first female Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. Due to her case-by-case approach to jurisprudence and her relatively moderate political views, she was the crucial swing vote of the Court for many of her final years on the bench, though she objected to that characterization because she felt it painted her as an unprincipled jurist. In 2001, "Ladies' Home Journal" ranked her as the second most powerful woman in America.
Prior to joining the Supreme Court, she was a politician and jurist in Arizona. She was nominated to the Court by President Ronald Reagan and served for over twenty-four years. On July 1, 2005, she announced her intention to retire effective upon the confirmation of her successor. Justice Samuel Alito, nominated to take her seat in October 2005, received confirmation on January 31, 2006. O'Connor is currently the only Retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. She is curently the Chancellor of the College of William and Mary.
Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Day_O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor is an American jurist who served as the first female Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. Due to her case-by-case approach to jurisprudence and her relatively moderate political views, she was the crucial swing vote of the Court for many of her final years on the bench, though she objected to that characterization because she felt it painted her as an unprincipled jurist. In 2001, "Ladies' Home Journal" ranked her as the second most powerful woman in America.
Prior to joining the Supreme Court, she was a politician and jurist in Arizona. She was nominated to the Court by President Ronald Reagan and served for over twenty-four years. On July 1, 2005, she announced her intention to retire effective upon the confirmation of her successor. Justice Samuel Alito, nominated to take her seat in October 2005, received confirmation on January 31, 2006. O'Connor is currently the only Retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. She is curently the Chancellor of the College of William and Mary.
Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Day_O'Connor
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