Retired USSC justice Sandra Day O'Connor, 93, has died. She had suffered from dementia in her later years plus respiratory issues. She was the first woman ever appointed to the high court. She was known as a conservative, but not of the whacko kind that have polluted the federal courts since her tenure. One of the black marks on her career was being in the majority of the infamous Bush v. Gore decision, which decided the 2000 election in favor of Bush although Gore actually won Florida and the election. What the high court did was halt the count of the votes and basically were the only votes that counted that year.
She did shatter one of the biggest glass ceilings, however. Ronald Reagan had appointed her in 1981 to replace Potter Stewart, and she retired in 2006, replaced by the shitheel Sam Alito.
The enormity of the reaction to O’Connor’s appointment had surprised her. She received more than 60,000 letters in her first year, more than any one member in the court’s history. “I had no idea when I was appointed how much it would mean to many people around the country,” she once said. “It affected them in a very personal way. People saw it as a signal that there are virtually unlimited opportunities for women. It’s important to parents for their daughters, and to daughters for themselves.”
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