![]() “Then he squatted and was staring off into space. Riggins then fell asleep on the floor, during a gaggle of dignitaries’ speeches, which included then-Vice President George H.W. “ very entertaining.” - Mary Lou Riggins, John Riggins’ wife kind of late for a work day.” - Charles O’Connor III, husband of Sandra Day O’Connor ”Certainly we didn’t leave early because of his behavior. She told me when she arrived that she would have to leave by 10:45 and she actually stayed later than that.” - Wingo “There was no sense in which Justice O’Connor left early because of this. We thought it was kind of a delightful mix of personalities to have at the table.” - Wingo I was sitting next to her and she was very gracious, laughing and smiling back. “Basically it was me saying ‘don’t go, we’re going to have a lot of fun.'” - Riggins Riggins approached O’Connor’s seat, put his arm around her husband, looked over at the first female justice in history and uttered the famous line, “come on, loosen up, Sandy baby, you’re too tight.” O’Connor was about to leave because she had an early commitment the next morning. Sandra Day O’Connor poses with Chief Justice Warren Berger. ![]() At one point, the chair had to be adjusted because he said it was bothering him.” - Garry Clifford, Washington bureau chief, People Riggins, then the oldest running back in the NFL at age 35, was having trouble beyond drinking on an empty stomach. So, at this point, the table is covered with red wine.” - Robb So they brought two more bottles of red wine, also within John’s reach, and somehow managed to knock them over. “There were two bottles of red wine and John, in a very expressive mode, managed to mow both of them down. “I continued to drink my dinner.” - Riggins, who refused food. “We had wine at the table, and everyone was having a good time and being a little boisterous.” Hal Wingo, assistant managing editor, People “I understand that we’re going to be seated at the same table tonight!” The dinner began. Riggins saw Virginia Governor Chuck Robb. “Gooo-be-na-tooor!,” he said, according to Robb. She has also campaigned to end judicial appointments through elections, with the belief that having judges run campaigns compromises the judicial process.Riggins approached his table, where he was seated with governors, magazine editors and, of course, a Supreme Court justice. According to the Los Angeles Times, O'Connor said that the justices were not obligated to follow the politics of the president who appointed him or her. Roberts came under fire for not voting in line with conservative views. In 2012 O'Connor defended current Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts for his vote to uphold President Barack Obama's healthcare law. O'Connor has been active on the lecture circuit as well, speaking to different groups around the country while continuing to weigh in on legal issues. You have to teach it to every generation." She has also served on the federal appeals court and authored several books: the judicial memoir The Majesty of the Law: Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice (2003), the children's titles Chico (2005) and Finding Susie (2009) and Out of Order: Stories From the History of the Supreme Court (2013). ![]() As she explained to Parade magazine, "We have a complex system of government. In 2006, she launched iCivics, an online civics education venture aimed at middle school students. O'Connor didn't slow down in her retirement. Monroe County Board of Education that ruled the school board in question was indeed responsible for protecting a fifth-grade student from unwanted advances from another student. In 1999, O'Connor sided with the majority opinion in the sexual harassment case Davis v. In a majority opinion coauthored with Anthony Kennedy and David Souter, O'Connor broke away from the dissents penned by William Rehnquist and Antonin Scalia. Casey (1992) to uphold the court's earlier decision. Wade decision on abortion rights, O'Connor provided the vote needed in Planned Parenthood v. Hogan, in which the court ruled 5-4 that a state nursing school had to admit men after traditionally having been a women's-only institution. In opposition to the Republican call to reverse the Roe v. In 1982, she wrote the majority opinion in Mississippi University for Women v. Accomplishments as a Supreme Court JusticeĪs a member of the country's highest court, O'Connor was considered to be a moderate conservative, who tended to vote in line with the Republican platform, although at times broke from its ideology. O'Connor often focused on the letter of law and voted for what she believed best fit the intentions of the U.S. ![]()
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