The Honorable

Sandra Day O’Connor

Supreme Court of the United States
Jurist (U.S. Supreme Court)
Area
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Specialty
Law
Elected
2007

Between 1981 and 2006 served with distinction as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Opinions were influential in shaping the content of many important areas of constitutional law. Was the first female Justice in the Court’s history.

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