Talk:Sandra Day O'Connor

Arizona Proposition 200

I reverted a set of edits [1] today, mostly because of POV phrasing (a check of the editor's history suggests he is a WP:SPA editor on issues of immigration). As you can see from my edit summary "...first of 2," I had planned to follow up with an additional edit including the info about Arizona Proposition 200 (2004), but in a non-POV way. However, only after that edit did I find that this case was after O'Connor retired; she was sitting by designation as a court of appeals judge on the Ninth Circuit: see [2], for example. Besides, she didn't even write the opinion. It was by Judge Ikuta; O'Connor was just the second vote: [3].

So I'm thinking this is not a significant ruling, certainly not in the same class as the notable Supreme Court rulings; so I'm not following up with that second edit to re-add it.

If there's a consensus that this should be in there, please make it POV-neutral and providing sources. TJRC (talk) 22:06, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Fix Appearance of O'Connor's Photo

O'Connor's main photo is not appearing when viewing her Wikipedia page via Facebook (see link below). This needs to be fixed because when Justice O'Connor is added to the "Inspirational People" section of users Facebook pages, there is a blank thumbnail for her photo.

Here is the link to Facebook's "Wikipedia" page of O'Connor: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sandra-Day-OConnor/108065432548366

IcePop2000 (talk) 04:40, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Reception of a garland and a book

The article tells us:

During the inauguration of Mesa Municipal Court on April 16, 2010, she gracefully received a blessed garland - along with a copy of [[Bhagvad-gita As It Is]] <ref> http://asitis.com</ref> from Dr Prayag Narayan Misra- a Hare Krishna devotee <ref> http://www.dandavats.com/?p=8395 </ref>

This was added in this edit (made by PrayagNarayanMisra, who also made this edit). But even putting aside its authorship, the reception of a garland and a book strikes me as unremarkable and deletable. Comments? -- Hoary (talk) 07:52, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

early career

Why is there almost nothing in this article about her career between law school and her appointment to the Supreme Court? john k (talk) 18:12, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

Nearly five years (!) later and this is still an issue. O'Connor's pre-SCOTUS career needs to be covered in more detail. If anyone wants to spearhead this now, that would be great. Even providing reliable sources covering that time period in some detail would be helpful. Knope7 (talk) 03:39, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

Removed Line

I removed the line about a commentator questioning whether she is eligible to hear cases as a retired justice. First, the link was broken. Second, even if it is an accurate quote, including it is misleading, given that the authority for retired Justices to sit by designation is codified in 28 U.S. Code § 294 (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/294). JCO312 (talk) 17:56, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Confirmation hearing detail in the lead?

It seems unnecessary to include details about her confirmation in the lead: "Her unanimous confirmation by the Senate in 1981[5] was supported by most conservatives, led by Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, and liberals, including Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy and women's rights groups like the National Organization for Women." This is not especially relevant to her biography, and no other Justice gets the same treatment. --Fixed245 (talk) 16:17, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

I think that her confirmation was unanimous is fine, but I think cutting the rest of the sentence is a good idea. Knope7 (talk) 00:40, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

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Deputy County Attorney

Most websites seem to say that O'Connor worked unpaid in the County Attorney's office and then later became the Deputy County Attorney. I'm not sure whether I should edit the article to reflect this.

Check under the "Early career and marriage" section. There is a mention of her being Deputy County Attorney. If you have more detail to add, that's fine, but please try to cite to a reliable source. Knope7 (talk) 19:43, 26 May 2017 (UTC)

Separate article for "Legacy and awards" list

I propose turning "Legacy and awards" into a stand alone list. This would allow us to trim the article a little and possibly replace the current list with a short section of prose. I've also considered maybe a separate article on her Supreme Court jurisprudence, although that seems like a heavier lift. Any thoughts? Knope7 (talk) 18:52, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

First Amendment

I have removed the following list of First Amendment cases from the article. I am leaving this here for future reference, in the event anyone would like to try and integrate any of these cases into the article:

Notable First Amendment Court Cases: R. A. V. v. City of St. Paul, 505 U.S. 377 (1992). Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, 536 U.S. 639 (2002). Hill v. Colorado, 530 U.S. 703 (2000). Board of Education of the Westside Community Schools v. Mergens, 496 U.S. 226 (1990). Board of Education v. Pico, 457 U.S. 853 (1982). Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, 535 U.S. 234 (2002). Bob Jones University v. United States, 461 U.S. 574 (1983). Lee v. Weisman, 505 U.S. 577 (1992) Santa Fe Independent School Dist. v. Doe, 530 U.S. 290 (2000). Bowen v. Roy, 476 U.S. 693 (1986). United States v. Eichman, 496 U.S. 310(1990). Goldman v. Weinberger, 475 U.S. 503 (1986). Virginia v. Black, 538 U.S. 343 (2003). Lynch v. Donnelly, 465 U.S 668 (1984). Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School v. Grumet, 512 U.S. 687 (1994). Mueller v. Allen, 463 U.S. 388 (1983). Rosenberger v. University of Virginia, 515 U.S. 819 (1995). McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky, 545 U.S. 844 (2005). Boy Scouts of America et al. v. Dale, 530 U.S. 640 (2000). Knope7 (talk) 02:20, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

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Military spouse

AnubisIbizu seeks to include mention that O'Connor was one of two military spouses on SCOTUS, but nothing indicates why this is meaningful, other than AnubisIbizu's assertion shared in their edit summary (reverting me) that there's some "unique perspective that her life experience as a military spouse brought to her jurisprudence". Without a source confirmed that such a "unique perspective" exists, this seems like trivia. --ZimZalaBim ^talk 02:19, 10 October 2022 (UTC)