Sandra Day O'Conner has passed

[attyfan]

When there was such a thing as a moderate conservative, she became a trailblazer:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/01/politics/justice-sandra-day-oconnor-first-woman-on-the-supreme-court-dies

 

[taf2002]

She was quite the trailblazer. I remember being very proud when she was confirmed. RIP

 

[Cachoo]

Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman on the Supreme Court, Is Dead at 93

During a crucial period in American law — when abortion, affirmative action, sex discrimination and voting rights were on the docket — she was the most powerful woman in the country.

www.nytimes.com

 

[PRlady]

Disagreed with her sometimes but she was smart and principled: I’d trade Alito, Thomas and Gorsuch for one O’Connor in a minute.

 

[FunnyBut]

Meh. She was a woman at a time when it was very difficult to be a woman in law, and experienced much prejudice in her early career. And yet her experience only made her fight for women’s rights, it never seemed to extend to any other disadvantaged groups such as minorities or gays. People liked that sometimes bother me more than those that are just full blown right wing, because they should personally know better. Doesn’t seem very diffcult to extrapolate that other groups that are not exactly your very own likeness might also need protections. I won’t miss her. Buh-bye, Sandy! Go join Reagan and John Wayne in that big bigoted ranch in the sky.

 

[rfisher]

I look at her as opening the door for RBG, Sotomeyer, Kagan and Jackson.

 

[once_upon]

Day O'Conner may not have been the SC Justice for everyone, but being confirmed and seated as a SC Justice was huge big. I didn't alway agree with her decisions

I doubt there would have been RGB without her.

 

[caseyedwards]

Bush vs gore worst decision in American history!!

Let’s be clear. She was a lawyer who became a politician and then became a judge. She was smart Enough to become a lawyer but not great legal mind! She was a politician in a robe!! She was ahead of her time in that way: she was a moderate conservative republican who was always a politician.

 

[once_upon]

Tell me you're not a woman without telling me you're a not a woman.

I didn't agree with her decisions, but breaking through the glass ceiling to become a lawyer was a huge accomplishment.