C-SPAN 2009 Interview with Justice Sandra Day O’Connor

Former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has died.
In 2009, Justice O'Connor was interviewed as part of C-SPAN’s Supreme Court Week. She talked about the role the Founding Fathers envisioned for the Supreme Court. She also talked about the judicial collars that female justices wear, the Robing Room, and oral argument. The interview took place in the West Conference Room of the Supreme Court.
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was nominated to the bench by President Ronald Reagan. She served as a justice from 1981 until 2006. She was preceded by Justice Potter Stewart and succeeded by Justice Samuel Alito. Learn more about her life and career by searching her C-SPAN appearances: c-span.org/per...
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[@thunderousapplause]

She also was an excellent teacher. Every first year law student should see this vid.

[@DaNiyaHodge]

Rip Sandra Day O'Connor, you will be missed

[@julesl8598]

It is exciting to actually listen and watch her conversation here!

[@Steve-wm1ol]

It is worth recalling that she resigned from a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court of her own accord to take care of her husband who was suffering from Alzheimer's. You can't find a more noble deed for a woman than that.

[@cbgonzalez6002]

Would a male Justice be so noble and do the same if his wife were home with Alzheimer’s?

[@blakekaveny]

@@cbgonzalez6002It very much depends. Thomas probably not. I could honestly see Gorsuch doing it though.

[@DavidStarrUSA]

I totally respect her case by case stance on judging. No one person can be totally conservative nor would they be totally liberal. I too am a moderate conservative liberal at heart.

[@blakekaveny]

It’s funny because Justice Jackson said the exact same thing during her confirmation hearing and got attacked for it.

[@americangal4620]

They are to follow the true law, not political influence.

[@bobbyheenan4061]

What an amazing woman! So smart and humble. Where is her statue?

[@LisaAndrews-vc4bf]

Justice O'CONNOR thank you for your service. Continue to Rest in Peace your Honor.🙏♥️🙏

[@EricPham-gr8pg]

Not everything can be populus because if so then no lion , tiger , wof can survive . Lucky we had republicanism to balance the majority rule and minority rights and i think our great founding fathers had bear fruits in this country a greatest achievement in reason and compassion to both strong and weak in life

[@LindiFleeman]

Not walking on wet concrete yet means how terrifying of a comment knowing that if you look at that statement she made it sounded like a person taught her about Mason work as Freemasons to look at where that origin of cement came from to mix that and set that on the ground not a cemetery of cement head stones to view as wet cement is so unstable that the depth of that conversation about the empty look of that cement says she was not going to make such a grave mistake

[@desigirlBea]

She misrepresented herself as a constitutional judge

[@Noah-yw6uv]

Oh BROTHER

[@LisaAndrews-vc4bf]

​@@Noah-yw6uvwhat do you mean?