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Trailblazing Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Dies

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Sandra Day O’Connor, the trailblazing first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, passed away on Friday at the age of 93. O’Connor, who retired in 2006 after a 25-year tenure on the bench, died in her native Arizona due to complications from advanced dementia and a respiratory illness. She had publicly announced her dementia diagnosis, suspected to be Alzheimer’s disease, in 2018. O’Connor was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan …

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Biden’s SCOTUS Pick Wrote This Letter Calling a Journalist ‘Irredeemably Evil’

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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer recently announced his retirement effective in June or July once the court’s current term ends. In 2020, then-Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said that he would choose a black woman if given a chance to fill a vacant Supreme Court seat. He followed through with that promise by selecting DC Appeals Court judge Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Senate confirmation hearings began to consider Brown’s appointment to the nation’s highest court …

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