Word: connors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Meese answered. "As you know, this Friday the vice president will attend the swearing in of Sandra Day O'Connor...
...OCTOBER 5, the first Monday in October, Sandra Day O'Connor will formally become the first female justice of the United States Supreme Court. Perhaps, on this historic occasion, you find yourself wondering how the other eight brethren will react to their new sister, and this curiosity could even inspire you to see The First Monday in October, a movie ostensibly based on this very question. Before you do, consider the following evidence...
...perfect civility would mark what one called the " historic occasion." The courtliness displayed at last week's confirmation hearings was so eiffusive that it seemed surprising that the green baize tablecloth had not been changed to pink, the better to honor Arizona's Sandra Day O'Connor, 51, the first woman nominated to be a Justice of the Supreme Court...
...part, O'Connor smiled, primly crossed her ankles and placated her inquisitors with platitudes: she was, she said, honored by the nomination, a firm advocate of judicial restraint and a strong believer in the family as "the hope of the world and the strength of our country." Introducing her husband of 29 years, John O'Connor, 51, a Phoenix lawyer who will follow her to Washington, and her three grown sons, Scott, Brian and Jay, she reassured those who might wonder if a woman can indeed have everything: "My nomination to the Supreme Court has brought...
...often that presidential nominees to the nation's highest court are turned down by the Senate. Despite widespread approval of Reagan's choosing a woman for his first nominee, there was some organized opposition from far-right activists who felt that O'Connor's early support of the Equal Rights Amendment and her less-than-rigid voting record on abortion was a "berayal " of true-blue rightism. Taking no chances that the zealots might prevail, O'Connor was probably the most thoroughly prepared nominee in history. Justice Department officials say she spent much...