Judge Sandra D. O'Connor Nominated to U.S. Supreme Court

July 1, 1981

Judge Sandra D. O'Connor Nominated to U.S. Supreme Court
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Source: Arizona Bar Journal
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President Reagan broke the all-male tradition of the Supreme Court on Tuesday, July 7, by nominating Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Sandra Day O'Connor to succeed retiring Justice Potter Stewart. Judge O'Connor, 51, becomes the first woman to be nominated to sit on the high court. President Reagan said of Judge O'Connor, "She is truly a person for all seasons, possessing those unique qualities of temperament, fairness, intellectual capacity and devotion to the public good which have characterized the 101 brethren who have preceded her. Judge O'Connor, in my view, will bring new luster and new strength to the Supreme Court. I feel certain that her term upon the bench will be one of the proudest legacies of my presidency."

Judge O'Connor was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals eighteen months ago by Governor Bruce Babbitt. She was elected as a county judge in 1975 and has served as President of the Arizona State Senate. Commenting on the nomination, officials of the bar issued a statement that read, "The State Bar of Arizona is honored and extremely proud of the nomination by President Reagan of Judge Sandra O'Connor to be an associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Judge O'Connor is an outstanding member of the Arizona legal community, and we know that she will be an outstanding Supreme Court Justice as well."

She was an accomplished trial court judge and has proven herself to be one of Arizona's most able appellate court judges as evidenced by the high ratings

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