As a BONUS BLOG, tell me who Sandra Day O'Connor is, what things has she accomplished, and anything else important about her. What college did she graduate from, and what ranking was she? What was her first job?
Sandra Day O'Connor was an associate justice to the Supreme Court. She was the first woman to serve as a justice on the Supreme Court, starting in September 21, 1981. She retired from being a Supreme Court Judge on January 31, 2006, and was suceeded by Justice Samuel Alito. She attended Stanford University and in her high school at Austin High School in El Paso, she was 6th in her graduating class. After recieving her LL.B (Bachelor of Law) from Stanford, she was on Stanford's legal journal, Stanford Law Review, where she briefly dated valevictorian and future Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist.
Her first job was with San Mateo, California as the Deputy County Attorney, after being refused a job from at least 40 firms, because she was a woman. After being appointed to the Supreme Court by Ronald Reagan, she was a conservitive vote on most cases, but as time went on, she became the swing vote in many cases, but typically voted with the Republicans. Her last court opinion with the Supreme Court was with the case Ayotte v Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, which had an unamious vote.
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