O’Connor gets sweeping Senate OK

WASHINGTON (AP) Sandra Day O’Connor, confirmed bv a unanimous Senate as the first woman justice on the Supreme Court, promises to be “very busy, very fast” after she is sworn in later this week. 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 na – tion’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 at the Supreme Court building. But because the ceremony 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 today 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. Two “picture opportunities ” are scheduled shortly after the 15-minute ceremony, McGurn said official court photographers would be on hand but added, “I know of no plan to have any photograph taken in the courtroom < during the ceremony)." Chief Justice Warren E. Burger will administer Mrs. O'Connor's oath of office, and White House officials said Pres - ident Reagan may attend the Friday ceremony. "My hope is