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O’Connor vote to be Monday

September 16, 1981

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Type: Newspaper mention
Author: Associated Press
Source: Scottsdale Daily Progress
Collection: The Kauffman-Henry Collection
Date is approximate: No

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WASHINGTON (AP) – Sandra Day O’Connor, her confirmation as the first woman on the Supreme Court expected in a Senate vote Monday, likely will be sworn in next Friday. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 17-0 earlier this week in favor of confirmation. A White House spokesman said O’Connor had expressed a preference for the Friday swearing-in, to be held at the Supreme Court. It is not known whether President Reagan plans to attend the ceremony. O’Connor , a 51-year-old Arizona appeals court judge, would become the 102nd member in the Supreme Court’s 191-year history. She would replace retired Justice Potter Stewart. Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., chairman of the Judiciary Committee, had hoped to schedule the Senate vote today, but on Wednesday the vote was set for Monruiy

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