Word: connor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first a tight little screening committee of Regan, Meese and White House Counsel Peter Wallison considered recommending Justice Sandra Day O'Connor as the new chief. She was Reagan's sole high-court appointee, and to name a woman as the nation's top judge would be a political masterstroke. But O'Connor, now in her fifth year on the court, was deemed too inexperienced. Reagan's aides may have also been disturbed because she seemed to show mild symptoms of the Earl Warren syndrome, lately developing a disconcerting streak of independence. In the last year or so, for instance...
...paper salesman, Rehnquist grew up in the quiet Milwaukee suburb of Shorewood. After serving three years in the Army Air Corps during World War II, he used the G.I. Bill to go to Stanford. Graduating first in his class from Stanford Law (a classmate was Sandra Day O'Connor), he was selected to clerk on the Supreme Court for Justice Robert Jackson...
...forge majorities, Rehnquist will have to reach into the court's shifting, fluid middle. Although she has grown more independent of late, Justice O'Connor usually votes with her old Stanford Law School classmate. Justice Byron White, a Kennedy appointee, can often be counted on as a conservative vote, especially on criminal-rights cases. A careful balancer, Justice Lewis Powell is a pragmatic statesman who tries to find a middle way for the court on controversial cases. It was Powell, for instance, whose opinion striking down explicit quotas but permitting race to be a "factor" in university admissions achieved...
...review" the controversial 1973 ruling. It was not entirely clear whether Burger would vote to throw out Roe or, more likely, just shade it at the margins to uphold some state laws that make it more difficult for women to obtain abortions. The same uncertainty surrounds Justice O'Connor, who also dissented in Thornburgh but did not call for the outright reversal of Roe. Scalia, a strong Catholic, is believed to be a surer vote to overturn Roe and thereby return the decision on whether or not to permit abortions to the state legislatures...
...basketball star and onetime college dropout, proudly accepted both an honorary degree and a hard- earned baccalaureate. Said Dr. J of the latter: "I needed that to fulfill a promise I made to my mother." And at Georgetown University in Washington, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor reminded law school graduates that there are other promises--like public service--to keep, despite the temptations of paychecks for "more than you are worth." A commencement sampler...