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Thurmond predicts unanimous OK today: Sandra O’Connor appears to be a shoo-in

September 21, 1981

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Type: Newspaper article
Author: Associated Press
Source: Tucson Daily Citizen
Collection: The Kauffman-Henry Collection
Date is approximate: No

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WASHINGTON – Sandra Day O’Connor awaited confirmation by the Senate today as the first woman on the Supreme Court. The chairman of the Judiciary Committee predicted the vote would be unanimous. As the Senate opened debate on President Reagan’s first high court nomination, there was praise for …

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Liberal Sen. Howard Metzen – baum, D-Ohio, for example, said he was troubled by Mrs. O’Connor’s conservative views on whether poor defendants in criminal cases should be guaranteed a lawyer . Nonetheless, Metzenbaum said a rC1minee never should be rejected because of personal views.

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