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|name=Sandra Day O'Connor
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|spouse=John Jay O'Connor, III
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|religion=Episcopalian
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{{Officeholder/Supreme Court Justice
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|role=Associate
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|nominator=[[Ronald Reagan]]
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|terms=September 25, 1981 – January 31, 2006
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|preceded=[[Potter Stewart]]
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|former=y
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|succeeded=[[Samuel Alito]]
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The Honorable '''Sandra Day O'Connor''' was the first woman [[Associate Justice]] ever appointed to the [[United States Supreme Court]]. A classmate and friend of then-Justice [[William Rehnquist]], O'Connor was appointed in 1981 by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] to fulfill his campaign promise to appoint the first women to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]]. Justices O'Connor and Rehnquist then frequently joined each other's opinions, with Rehnquist often obtaining O'Connor's support on his conservative opinions,<ref>''See, e.g.'', [[Dale v. Boy Scouts]] (2000) and [[United States v. Morrison]] (2000)</ref> and sometimes O'Connor persuading Rehnquist to support her on a more [[liberal]] opinion.<ref>''See, e.g.'', the FLMA case{{fact}} and [[Troxel v. Granville]] (2000).</ref>
 
The Honorable '''Sandra Day O'Connor''' was the first woman [[Associate Justice]] ever appointed to the [[United States Supreme Court]]. A classmate and friend of then-Justice [[William Rehnquist]], O'Connor was appointed in 1981 by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] to fulfill his campaign promise to appoint the first women to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]]. Justices O'Connor and Rehnquist then frequently joined each other's opinions, with Rehnquist often obtaining O'Connor's support on his conservative opinions,<ref>''See, e.g.'', [[Dale v. Boy Scouts]] (2000) and [[United States v. Morrison]] (2000)</ref> and sometimes O'Connor persuading Rehnquist to support her on a more [[liberal]] opinion.<ref>''See, e.g.'', the FLMA case{{fact}} and [[Troxel v. Granville]] (2000).</ref>
  
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