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Meanwhile, we ought to take our cue on how to respond to John Roberts by what retired Justice Sandra O’Connor said about...
Among the institute’s first projects will be “The O’Connor Project,” named in recognition of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s conjecture that affirmative action will no longer be necessary after 25 years. Ogletree said he plans to conduct a series of summits in hopes of devising a strategy to close the achievement gap that exists between minority and non-minority students...
...turns out, the roommate was practically dead on—the next time Roberts’ roommate saw him was when President George W. Bush introduced the D.C. Circuit Judge to the nation as his nominee to replace Sandra Day O’Connor on the Supreme Court...
...first of the two Harvard alums being considered to replace O’Connor is Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, who received a degree from HLS in 1982. Gonzales, who previously served as White House Counsel, has long been a close friend and confidant of the president. The son of Mexican immigrants, Gonzales grew up in a poor household that did not even have a telephone until he was in high school...
However, groups on both sides of the political spectrum oppose Gonzales. Right-wing groups want a stronger conservative to replace O’Connor, and many liberals object to some of his work as Attorney General and White House Counsel, which included taking part in discussions justifying the torture of prisoners...