Word: connor
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...Weld Hall and Lexington; Miles F. Ehrlich '87 of Quincy House and Sacramento, Calif.; Nathan W. Eigerman '88 of Dudley House and Brooklyn, N.Y.; David Greene '89 of Hurlbut Hall and Spring Valley, N.Y.; Josh H. Henkin '87 of Quincy House and New York, N.Y.; Jennifer M. O'Connor of Eliot House and Wellesley; David Patent '88 Cabot House and Missoula, Mont.; Ellen R. Pinchuk '88 of Mather House and Tarzana, Calif.; Peter D. Sagal '87 of Quincy House and Berkeley Heights, N.J.; Don W. Sung '89 of Thayer Hall and San Francisco, Calif.; John P. Thompson '89 of Pennypacker...
With many of the most difficult cases of this term still pending, it is too soon to measure clearly how much she is setting herself apart from the other conservatives. But in the words of former Solicitor General Rex Lee, who has known O'Connor since both practiced law in Arizona, "After four or five years, many members of the court feel a greater sense of self-confidence and assert themselves more. We're seeing evidence of that...
Sometimes O'Connor has teamed with Justices to her left, apparently because a case involved two competing principles that both appealed to her as a conservative. In March, for instance, weighing the demands of military authority against the exercise of religious belief, she rejected Rehnquist's majority opinion that the Air Force could enforce a dress code prohibiting religious headgear, in this case a yarmulke. Says Bruce Fein of the American Enterprise Institute: "She just wanted a little more military justification." On the same day, her close attention to procedural correctness led to another disappointment for conservatives...
...forays into unexpected territory do not, however, represent a lunge across the political spectrum. "There is no possibility of her being anything other than a Reagan conservative," says John Frank, a Phoenix lawyer who has closely followed O'Connor's career. "The Administration knew what it wanted + and got it." But O'Connor's growing assurance as a Justice means that conservatives cannot confidently presume a three-vote base on which to start building a majority result...
Sandra Day O' Connor continues to surprise court watchers. Two major rulings expand the rights of black...