","Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: The Official List","The College of William and Mary announcement of O'Connor's appointment to Chancellor post","Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates '65 to Serve as W&M Chancellor","Bumpy Start for a Court Cloaked in Grandeur","Maintain Judicial Independence O'Connor Tells Law Graduates","Office for Religious Life at Stanford University","Constitutionally Speaking New Hampshire","Celebrities Lend Weight to Promote Civics Education","Sandra Day O'Connor's post-court legacy: Civics games","National Constitution Center, Board of Trustees","Board of Trustees - National Constitution Center","Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Joins Justice at Stake as Honorary Chair","Sandra Day O'Connor Institute - Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits","A Mission of Civic Duty and Knowledge - The O'Connor Institute","Sandra Day O'Connor's house in Tempe added to the National Register of Historic Places","O'Connor U launched by Sandra Day O'Connor Institute","Sandra Day O'Connor, The Junior League of Phoenix","Rehnquist is No. When she graduated near the top of her class at law school in 1952, no firm would even interview her. About halfway through I scribbled a note to myself:One of the reasons I read several books at the same time is to lessen the sense of loss I can experience when I finish an exceptionally good book, that feeling of, "Oh, no. September 21, 2016.Phelps, S. When she graduated near the top of her class at law school in 1952, no firm would even interview her.
A library book waiting for check-in, that I got to scoop up!Since I heard Evan Thomas give a reading, I've wanted to read one of his nonfiction titles, and this one is a flat-out winner. He is the bestselling author of nine works of nonfiction: Being Nixon, Ike's Bluff, The War Lovers, Sea of Thunder, John Paul Jones, Robert Kennedy, The Very Best Men, The Man to See, and The Wise Men (with Walter Isaacson). Sandra Day O’Connor was born on March 26, 1930, in el Paso, Texas. Appointed to the court by President Reagan in 1981 one could easily make the case that she was the most important justice over the next twenty-five years. Constitutional Law: Interpretation & Judicial Review eJournal,Law & Society: Public Law - Constitutional Law eJournal,Law & Society: Public Law - Courts eJournal,Legal Anthropology: The Legal Profession eJournal.
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But this is a well written biography that moves along at a good pace.