Joan biskupic sandra day oconnor biography
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Joan Biskupic
Title:Sandra Day O'Connor: How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice
Published by:Harper Perennial
Overview
Sandra Day O’Connor, America’s first woman justice, was called the most powerful woman in amerika. She became the axis on which the Supreme Court turned, and it was often said that to gauge the direction of American law, one need look only to O’Connor’s vote.
Drawing on upplysning gleaned from once-private papper, hundreds of interviews, and the insight gained from nearly two decades of covering the Supreme Court, author Joan Biskupic offers readers a fascinating portrait of a complex and multifaceted woman –lawyer, politician, legislator, and justice, as well as wife, mother, A-list hostess, and competitive athlete. Sandra Day O’Connor: How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice • By Joan Biskupic *Signed Bookplate Sandra Day O'Connor, America's first woman justice, became the axis on which the Supreme Court turned. She was called the most powerful woman in America, and it was often said that to gauge the direction of American law, one need look only to O'Connor's vote. Then, just one year short of a quarter century on the bench, she surprised her colleagues and the nation by announcing her retirement. Drawing on information from once-private papers of the justices, hundreds of interviews with legal and political insiders, and the insight gained from nearly two decades of covering the Supreme Court, Joan Biskupic examines O'Connor's remarkable career, providing an in-depth account of her transformation from tentative jurist to confident architect of American law. The portrait that emerges is of a complex and multifaceted woman: lawyer, politician, legislato • Susan Mann, Sandra Day O’Connor: The Making of a Precedent, 16 Stanford Lawyer 4 (). Alan A. Matheson, Justice Sandra D. O’Connor, Ariz. St. L. J. (). Beverly B. Cook, Women as Supreme Court Candidates: From Florence Allen to Sandra O'Connor, 65 Judicature (). Charles D. Kelso, Justice O'Connor Replaces Justice Stewart: What Effect on Constitutional Cases?, 13 Pac. L.J. (). Carl R. Schenker, ‘Reading’ Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, 31 Cath. U. L. Rev. (). Robert E. Riggs, Justice O'Connor: A First Term Appraisal, BYU L. Rev. 1. Richard F. Duncan, Justice O'Connor, the Constitution, and the Trimester Approach to Abortion: A Liberty on a Collision Course with Itself, 29 Cath. Law. (). Barbara Olson Bruckmann, student author, Justice Sandra Day O'Con
Sandra Day O'Connor: How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice