Upon leaving the Court, she succeeded Henry Kissinger as Chancellor of the College of William and Mary. Casey.ĭuring her time on the Court, some publications ranked O'Connor among the most powerful women in the world. Gore, and was one of three co-authors of the lead opinion in Planned Parenthood v. She also wrote in part the per curiam majority opinion in Bush v. Her majority opinions in landmark cases include Grutter v. She often wrote concurring opinions that sought to limit the reach of the majority holding. O'Connor most frequently sided with the Court's conservative bloc. Samuel Alito was nominated to take her seat in October 2005 and joined the Court on January 31, 2006. On July 1, 2005, she announced her intention to retire effective upon the confirmation of a successor. Upon her nomination to the Court, O'Connor was confirmed unanimously by the Senate. Prior to O'Connor's tenure on the Court, she was a judge and an elected official in Arizona, serving as the first female majority leader of a state senate as the Republican leader in the Arizona Senate. Nominated by President Ronald Reagan, she was considered the swing vote for the Rehnquist Court and the first five months of the Roberts Court. She was both the first woman nominated and the first confirmed to the court. Sandra Day O'Connor (born March 26, 1930) is a retired American attorney and politician who served as the first female associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006.
Judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court for Division 31Ģ3rd Chancellor of the College of William and Mary Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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