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65% in survey back nominee; 6% are opposed

July 17, 1981

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Type: Newspaper mention
Author: Associated Press
Source: The Arizona Republic
Collection: The Kauffman-Henry Collection
Date is approximate: No

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NEW YORK – By an overwhelming margin, Americans approve of President Reagan’s choice of Judge Sandra O’Connor to be the first female justice of the Supreme Court, an Associated Press-NBC News Poll says.

Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives, those who support abortion and those who oppose it all approve of the choice of the Arizona Court of Appeals judge for the high court.

The major opposition to Judge O’Connor’s nomination has come from the leaders of conservative groups that oppose abortion and the Equal Rights Amendment. They say Judge O’Connor’s record in the Arizona Legislature shows she supports abortion on demand and the ERA. Nearly two-thirds of those questioned – 65 percent – said they approved of Reagan’s choice of Judge O’Connor to fill the vacancy on the nation’s highest court created by the retirement of former Justice Potter Stewart. Only 6 percent said they opposed the nomination.

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