Sandra Day O’Connor
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Elena Kagan, Quote of the Day, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sandra Day O'Connor, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
Quote of the Day: Come On, We Gave Birth to You
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Election 2012, Politics, Quote of the Day, Sandra Day O'Connor, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Quote of the Day: Girl's Got Jokes!
[O]ne is a practicing polygamist, and he’s not even the Mormon. — Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, commenting on the differences between leading Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich during a speech at the Alfalfa Club. - Sponsored
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Quote of the Day: Can You Blame Him?
David and Sandra have enjoyed it. I kind of like not having to read a lot of briefs and get reversed by my former colleagues. — Justice John Paul Stevens, in a humorous quip about the willingness of his fellow retired justices, Sandra Day O’Connor and David H. Souter, to sit by designation on the […]
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Department of Justice, New York Times, Sandra Day O'Connor, Supreme Court Clerks, Vanderbilt, Wall Street, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: Buffeted
People, here at LEWW we hate reality TV. Really, really, really hate it. It makes us feel bored, uncomfortable, and grossed-out by humanity, all at the same time. We can watch sports, which we suppose is “reality” in some sense, but other non-scripted programming sends us lunging for the remote. Dancing with the Stars? Gagging […] -
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Non-Sequiturs: 10.27.10
* GlaxoSmithKline will pay $750 million — yup, that’s right, three-quarters of a billion — to settle charges of adulterated drugs. [WSJ Law Blog] * Sure, Citizens United lets corporations get more active in politics — but it lets unions in, too. [ChamberPost] * Reading between the lines: an annotated law firm departure memo. [Last […] -
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Quote of the Day: Sandra Day O'Connor Will Heal the World One Fajita at a Time
I would make Mexican food and get some beer and have everyone over for dinner. — Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, explaining how she would achieve legislative consensus among state senators in Arizona, in remarks to Cardozo law students over the weekend. -
Boutique Law Firms, Constitutional Law, Contests, Sandra Day O'Connor, Video games
The ATL 'Do I Have A Right?' Challenge:Congratulations from Justice O'Connor
In December we announced a contest for ATL readers. We called upon you to play Do I Have A Right?, one of the educational video games launched by Our Courts. Today we’re pleased to announce the winners. In case you’re not familiar with it, Our Courts is “a web-based education project designed to teach students […] -
Boutique Law Firms, Constitutional Law, Sandra Day O'Connor, Video games
The ATL 'Do I Have A Right?' Challenge
Back in October, we wrote a piece for the Washington Post about retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s new educational video games. She’s spearheading a project called Our Courts, which seeks to improve civic education in middle schools. One game, Supreme Decision, lets the kiddies weigh in on a First Amendment case in the […] - Sponsored
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Deaths, Sandra Day O'Connor
John O'Connor, Justice Sandra Day's Husband, Died Today
The Associated Press reports that John J. O’Connor III died today at 79 of complications arising from Alzheimer’s disease. John and Sandra Day O’Connor met as law students at Stanford. The O’Connors were married in 1952 and became a leading couple on Washington’s social scene when they moved from Arizona in 1981 following her confirmation […] -
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Should Judicial Elections Be Abolished?(Or: ATL chats with Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.)
Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor is not really retired yet. “I am more busy in retirement than before,” she told Above the Law in a recent interview. One of her myriad projects is Our Courts, a non-profit organization that develops Web-based games to teach seventh- and eighth-graders about government. We spoke with Justice […] -
Education / Schools, Media and Journalism, Sandra Day O'Connor, Technology, Washington Post
Educational? You Be The Judge.
Last year, we wrote about retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor entering a new field: video game development. She’s spearheading a project called Our Courts, which seeks to improve civic education in middle schools. The Our Courts website officially launched in January of this year. The first two games, “Supreme Decision” and “Do I […] -
Sandra Day O'Connor, SCOTUS
An Update on Sandra Day and 'Our Courts'
Former SCOTUS Justice Sandra Day O’Connor is on a mission to educate. As reported last summer, she’s working with Georgetown University and Arizona State University on a “free, interactive, web-based program designed to teach and engage students in civics.” It’s called Our Courts, and it’s now live. By having civics lessons in the form of […] -
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The Eyes of the Law: Justice O'Connor Hearts Art
It has been a while since our last Eyes of the Law legal celebrity sighting, so here’s a fun one for your consideration. A D.C. tipster tells us: We saw Sandra Day O’Connor in the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s exhibit on Georgia O’Keeffe and Ansel Adams. She had on the same red sweater she can […]
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Old People, Romance and Dating, Sandra Day O'Connor, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Justice O'Connor's Bizarre Love Triangle Ailing Husband(And an ATL Special Report on Her Columbia Law School Visit)
Back in July 2005, shortly after Justice Sandra Day O’Connor announced her resignation from the Supreme Court, Professor Orin Kerr wrote an L.A. Times op-ed about how the Court might be affected by her departure. Its provocative title: O’Connor’s Successor Will Likely Be a Swinger. We were reminded of Professor Kerr’s op-ed when we read […] -
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Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 9.30.07: Shall We Dance?
Warmest congratulations to our friends Junko Ozao and Jason Choy, whose lovely wedding was written up in this week’s Vows column. Jason is an associate at Kirkland & Ellis, but Junko is a normal person, and that shortcoming cost them a spot in this week’s Legal Eagle Wedding Watch. The news will likely ruin their […] -
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Morning Afternoon Docket: 07.16.07
* What will become of Justice O’Connor’s precedent? [Slate] * Baseball agent gets prison for smuggling clients. [ESPN] * Civil suit vs. TB Andy. [CNN] * Civil verdict vs. Allen Iverson. [ESPN]
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Abortion, Anthony Kennedy, John Roberts, Politics, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, Sandra Day O'Connor, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Breaking: Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Partial Birth Abortion Act
This just in from One First Street. The Associated Press reports: The Supreme Court upheld the nationwide ban on a controversial abortion procedure Wednesday, handing abortion opponents the long- awaited victory they expected from a more conservative bench. The 5-4 ruling said the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act that Congress passed and President Bush signed […] -
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Justice O'Connor: Retired, But Not Reclusive
Newsweek has an interesting article about retired Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O’Connor. The gist of the piece is that even though Justice O’Connor is longer on the Court, she’s still extremely busy. Since her SCOTUS retirement, she has served on the Iraq Study Group, which published its report not too long ago; sat by […] -
Feminism, Gender, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sandra Day O'Connor, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Justice Ginsburg to Justice O'Connor: "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You"
Or actually, “I’m missing you already.” Supreme Court justices have feelings too, y’know. The former cheerleader and current Supreme Court justice, Ruth Bader “Kiki” Ginsburg, misses having a “wing-woman” when she visits the highest ladies’ room in the land. Per Joan Biskupic of USA Today: It’s been a year since Sandra Day O’Connor retired from […] -
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Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: December 31, 2006
One of you recently commented: “Retire this feature until the spring, dude. No one gets married in December.” We beg to differ — unless you consider one of the Elect to be a nobody. A surprisingly high number of lawyers got hitched on the weekend before New Year’s Day. We even had to make some […]