[Mb-civic] Supreme Court Justice O'Connor Resigns - Washington Post
William Swiggard
swiggard at comcast.net
Sat Jul 2 07:13:06 PDT 2005
Supreme Court Justice O'Connor Resigns
By Peter Baker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, July 2, 2005; Page A01
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, a self-described "simple cowgirl" who
became the first woman on the Supreme Court, announced her retirement
yesterday after nearly a generation as the court's pivotal voice on
society's most burning issues, from abortion and race to capital
punishment and terrorism.
O'Connor, 75, stunned the capital with her simple three-sentence letter
hand-delivered to the White House yesterday morning, touching off what
both parties expect to be a media-saturated struggle to choose her
successor. The consequences could hardly be greater, given the
precarious ideological balance on the court and O'Connor's role for many
years as the deciding vote.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/01/AR2005070101831.html?nav=hcmodule
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