slips quietly

with deconcini

smiling statue

SDO3

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with strom thurmond

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new right cartoon

ugh new right

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August 1981 Reagan letter of Appointment

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evening viewing

relaxed moment

history maker

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brilliant sandy

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washington visit

basic black

mcintire opposes

This collection of 289 pages of newspaper clippings from 1981-1984 was donated to the Sandra Day O'Connor Institute by Jane Kauffman and Anne Henry.

The Kauffman-Henry Collection

Judge O'Connor slips quietly into Washington

McIntire Opposes O'Connor Nomination

Today - History Maker

A large statue of Lady Justice is shown smiling.
Date is approximate.

Smiling Lady Justice

The Supreme Court bench is shown with 9 seats and 8 gavels in front of them. In front of the 9th seat is a rolling pin. 
A character in the corner says, "She will look good in basic black."

Basic black

President Ronald Reagan letter of nomination of Sandra Day O'Connor to the Supreme Court.

President Reagan letter of nomination

Caption: "Sandra O'Connor, U.S. Supreme Court nomimee, walks with U.S. Attorney General William French Smith from the Department of Justice in Washington after a meeting Friday. Judge O'Connor's confirmation hearings will begin
next week on Capitol Hill. Stories on A 15, B 1."

Washington Visit

Justice O'Connor delivers a document to another Justice, who says "BRILLIANT OPINION, SANDY! TYPE UP NINE COPIES AND SEE THAT THE OTHER JUSTICES EACH GET ONE, WILL YOU, SWEETIE?" 

Brilliant, Sandy!

"Judge O'Connor" sits in a chair looking forlorn as a protestor walks by labeled "New Right." Caption: "But put a woman on the court! They're such an independent sort! She'll vote for women's choices-with their shrill and squeaky voices, if you ever put a woman on the court!"

New Right protest

Judge O'Connor with Senator Barry Goldwater at O'Connor nomination hearings, September 1981.

Judge O'Connor with Barry Goldwater at Nomination hearings

Caption: "Judge Sandra Day O'Connor just before hearing opened. At left is Sen. Dennis DeConcini (D-Ariz.)"

Judge Sandra Day O'Connor just before hearing opened...

Caption: "Sandra O'Connor and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Strom Thurmond."

Sandra O'Connor and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Strom Thurmond

Caption: "Senate confirmation hearings on U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sandra O'Connor can be seen tonight at 7 p.m. on Channel 8."

TV/Radio & Evening Viewing

Sandra Day O'Connor and President Reagan are shown in front of a caveman labeled "New Right." O'Connor has a petrified expression and Reagan says to her, "Well, Sandra, I'd say 'Ugh' probably means 'No'..."

"Ugh" New Right

Caption: A RELAXED MOMENT-Sandra Day
O'Connor, right, is shown chatting with U.S.
Senator Barry Goldwater prior to the start of
her confirmation hearing before the U.S.
Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington,
D.C. At the close of the committee questioning , there appeared little doubt that the former Duncan area resident, now a Court of
Appeals judge in Phoenix, will be the first
woman member of the U.S. Supreme Court. 


A Relaxed Moment

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judge oconnor in washington

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from my own gang cartoon

falwell minority opinion

justice statues cartoon

justice on the move

President Reagan and Sandra Day O'Connor

beaver treehouse

so sue me cartoon

moral pejorative

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oconnor meets with reagan

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restroom cartoon

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nominee gets a hand

fetus oconnor pin

visits capitol hill

try on cartoon

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Male justices reading newspaper headlined "Reagan Nominates Woman To."

Woman, presumably Justice O'Connor, stands at the door.

Caption: "Ladies restroom? Sure, Mrs. O'Connor...Go out the front door...Take a right and it's about two blocks."

Ladies Restroom? It's about two blocks

President Reagan holds a judicial robe and says "...Nancy? Honey? I've got something for you to try on..."

Nancy? I've got something for you to try on

O'Connor Meets with Reagan

Eight justices at the Supreme Court look on as a man in a suit throws a tantrum on the floor. Another man is shown greeting a woman in black robes at the door.
Caption: "Come on in, Judge O'Connor. You're just in time to hear the Reverend
Falwell deliver the minority opinion on your nomination to the Supreme
Court."
Date is approximate.

Falwell's minority opinion

A fallen treehouse (with the trunk of the tree chewed out) is shown with a sign saying, "Supreme Court, NO Girls Allowed."
A beaver labeled "O'Connor" makes a thumbs up sign.

Beaver treehouse

O'Connor Visits Capitol Hill

President Ronald Reagan with Supreme Court Justice-nominee O'Connor

Sign says "Moral Majority clone for Supreme Court."
Cartoon of President Reagan says "So sue me."

Moral majority clone for supreme court - "So sue me"

Ohman on O'Connor - My Own Gang?

Two statues of "Lady Justice" giving a thumbs up in front of the Supreme Court

Ohman on O'Connor - Justice Statues

Caption: "A White House aide cleared a path through
cameramen for Supreme Court nominee Sandra Day O'Connor yesterday as she arrived in
Washington, D.C., hoping to head off conservative opposition to her approval by the Senate . She will meet with Strom Thurmond RS.C., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Jesse Helms R-N.C., a leader of
Republican conservatives in the Senate. The
Moral Majority and anti-abortion organizations have expressed opposition to O'Connor
because they believe she supports legalized
abortions and ratification of the Equal Rights
Amendment for women."

Nominee Gets a Hand

Caption: "JUSTICE ON THE MOVE - Judge
Sandra O'Connor, President Reagan's
nominee for the Supreme Court, arrived in Washington Monday. She is
scheduled to meet Tuesday in strategy
sessions with Attorney General William French Smith and presidential
congressional liaison Max Friedersdorf. A vist with President Reagan
also is slated. Later she plans a trip to
Capitol Hill to meet with her home
state senators."

Justice on the Move

Judge O'Connor in Washington

A baby in a womb is shown wearing an "O'Connor" pin and giving a thumbs up sign.

Baby with O'Connor pin

A man and woman are shown in the style of the "American Gothic" painting. The woman is meant to be Sandra Day O'Connor, the man Jerry Falwell.
A sign in the back says, "The Jerry Falwell Church of the Moral Pejorative - A Tax-Free Organization."
Caption: 'Supreme Court, indeed! Get back in your place, woman!'
Another character says, "Would that be in the kitchen, sir? Or barefoot and pregnant, perhaps?"