Word: connors
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Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who voted with the majority because she felt the government should not have the right to discriminate in the juror selection process, nevertheless noted these difficulties. "To say that gender makes no difference as a matter of law is not to say that gender makes no difference as a matter of fact," O'Connor wrote. She said her decision should not seen as pertaining to defendants in criminal cases...
...Will we, in the name of fighting gender discrimination, hold that the battered woman on trial for wounding her husband... [is precluded] from using her preemptory challenges to insure that the jury of her peers contains as many women members as possible," O'Connor asked. "I hope...
Whoever follows Blackmun will find a court in which the sharp divisions of 10 years ago have subsided for now and the ideological direction is hard to discern. The centrist bloc that has emerged includes Anthony Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor, David Souter and probably the most recent new Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She is almost certainly a supporter of abortion rights. Since she replaced Byron White, an opponent, the court majority to uphold Roe v. Wade appears secure...
...Excuse me! Just let me finish if I may." -- JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR WHEN INTERRUPTED BY JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG DURING ORAL ARGUMENTS LAST TUESDAY; ON WEDNESDAY, GINSBURG WAS REBUKED AGAIN FOR INTERRUPTING BY JUSTICE ANTHONY KENNEDY
With a voice capable of Sinead O'Connor's sharp, breaking tone as well as softer, folk-like sound, McLachlan has a wide palette to work with in creating her works, even when few other instruments are included. She displays all of O'Connor's intensity on "Wait," a beautifully wrought song that sets all the torches aflame. On "Ice Cream" a combination of drums, piano and vocals create a catchy tune, set to a swingy rhythm and simple chord progression that fits the song's upbeat message that "your love is better than ice cream...