Annual Timeline

2007

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (ret.)

In 2007, Justice O'Connor was retired as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court but continued to serve as a visiting judge at U.S. Circuit Courts around the country.

Justice O'Connor gave 9 speeches or interviews during the year.

 January

 

Coverage - Law review article

Ideologue or Pragmatist: Sandra Day O'Connor's Views on Abortion Rights, by Stewart Jay

 

Coverage - Law review article

Judges Struck by Lightning: Some Observations on the Politics of Recent Supreme Court Appointments, by L.A. Powe

 

Coverage - Law review article

Justice O'Connor's Approach to Tax Cases: Could She Have Led the Court Toward a More Collaborative Role for the Judiciary in the Development of Tax Law? by Myron C. Grauer

 

Coverage - Law review article

Justice O'Connor and ‘The Threat to Judicial Independence’: The Cowgirl Who Cried Wolf? by Arthur D. Hellman

 

Coverage - Law review article

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's Friends, by Ruth Colker

 

Coverage - Law review article

Some Reflections on Imperfection, by Martin D. Ginsburg

 

Coverage - Law review article

The Deregulatory Valence of Justice O'Connor's Federalism, by Bradley W. Joondeph

 

Coverage - Law review article

The Future of Religious Pluralism: Justice O'Connor and the Establishment Clause, by Deborah Jones Merritt

 March

2

Award

Receives George P. Shultz Distinguished Public Service Award from The Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research

8

Interview

Interview with Arizona Capitol Television

26

Event

Turns 77 years old

 May

13

Speech

Speech at 400th anniversary celebration of Jamestown, Virginia

20

Interview / TV appearance

Interview with Fox News Sunday

 July

23

Speech

Speech on judicial independence to the National Governors Association

30

Coverage - Book

Sandra Day O'Connor (Remarkable People), by Jennifer Howse

 September

 

Coverage - Law review article

Justice O'Connor's Race and Gender Jurisprudence, by Paul Bender

 October

23

Speech

The Importance of an Independent Judiciary

 November

11

Speech

Keynote address at "The Presidency and the Supreme Court" conference

12

Law review article / Speech

Balancing Security, Democracy, and Human Rights in an Age of Terrorism

13

Award

Receives 2007 Gold Medal Award from The National Institute of Social Sciences

13

Award

Receives Wolfgang Friedmann Memorial Award from Columbia Journal of Transnational Law

15

Op ed

"Justice for Sale"