[Mb-civic] Supreme Court Justice O'Connor Resigns - Washington Post

[William Swiggard]

Supreme Court Justice O'Connor Resigns

By Peter Baker

Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, July 2, 2005; Page A01

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, a self-described "simple cowgirl" who 
became the first woman on the Supreme Court, announced her retirement 
yesterday after nearly a generation as the court's pivotal voice on 
society's most burning issues, from abortion and race to capital 
punishment and terrorism.

O'Connor, 75, stunned the capital with her simple three-sentence letter 
hand-delivered to the White House yesterday morning, touching off what 
both parties expect to be a media-saturated struggle to choose her 
successor. The consequences could hardly be greater, given the 
precarious ideological balance on the court and O'Connor's role for many 
years as the deciding vote.

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