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Senate Confirms O’Connor

September 22, 1981

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Type: Newspaper article
Author: NY Times News Service
Source: Arizona Business Gazette
Collection: The Kauffman-Henry Collection
Date is approximate: No

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WASHINGTON ( AP)-Sandra Day O’Connor, confirmed by a unanimous Senate as the first woman justice on the Supreme Court, promises to be “very busy, very fast” after she is sworn in Friday. There is no clear indication, however, how she will vote on social and constitutional issues that come before the court. The 51-year-old Arizona appeals judge won a 99-0 endorsement in the Senate on Monday as the 102nd justice in the 191-year history of the nation’s highest court. She will be youngest of the nine members. MRS. O’CONNOR WILL be sworn in for her lifetime position in ceremonies Friday afternoon in the Supreme Court but ding. But because the ceremony Related story, A3 will be conducted in the courtroom itself, the recording for posterity will be limited. . “As is the court practice, there will be no TV, no photographs and no tape recordings,” court spokesman Barrett McGurn said in a printed statement released today. Reporters and artists will be admitted to the ceremony, as they are for all court sessions. There will be no public admission, however, except by invitation. CHIEF JUSTICE Warren Burger will administer Mrs. O’Connor’s oath of office. “My hope is that 10 years from now, after I’ve been across the . street and worked for a while, that they’ll all feel glad for the wonderful vote they gave me today ” a smiling Mrs . O’Connor said at a~ appearance on the Capitol steps with Vice President George Bush and Senate leaders. . Once installed on the court, which opens its 1981-82

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