Question

Justice O'Connor

Question 25 options:



A. the first Irish-American Supreme Court Justice.




B. is the first Supreme Court Justice who graduated from Stanford University School of Law.




C. is the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court.




D. is the first Supreme Court Justice appointed by President Clinton who later also appointed Ruth Bader Ginsberg, another woman to the Supreme Court.

Answer 1

The correct answer is C.

Sandra Day O'Connor (born in 1930) is currently a retired Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court. She remained in office since she was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 until her date of retirement in 2006. She was the first woman who has served as Associate Justice in the Supreme Court.

She used to be positioned together with the conservative bloc at Court, but she was known for showing a swing opinion in many decisions

Answer 2

The correct answer is C, as Justice O'Connor was the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court.

Sandra Day O'Connor (born March 26, 1930) is a jurist from the United States. From 1981 to January 2006, she held the position of Associate Justice in the Supreme Court of the United States. She was the first woman to occupy a position in the Supreme Court. Due to her moderate approach to each case before the Court, Judge O'Connor was considered the deciding vote in many of the cases.