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Sandra O’Connor unanimously voted to Supreme Court

September 22, 1981

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Type: Newspaper article
Author: Staff Reporter
Source: Wall Street Journal
Collection: The Kauffman-Henry Collection
Date is approximate: No

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WASHINGTON-The Senate unanimously approved the nomination of Arizona Appeals Court Judge Sandra O’Connor to the Supreme court. Mrs. O’Connor, who is scheduled to be sworn in Friday, will be the 102nd Justice of the high court and its first woman member. She will succeed Justice Potter Stewart, who retired. In more than four hours of debate, Senators largely praised the nomination. A handful raised questions about the extent to which Judge O’Connor opposes abortion. Sen. Jesse Helms (R., N.C.) said President Reagan assured him that Mrs. O’Connor is a foe of abortion. “I have no valid reason to believe Mrs. O’Connor would allow the President to be misled,” he said. Among the high court’s current members, Justices John Stevens and Harry Blackmun were approved unanimously by the Senate and Justices Byron White and William Brennan were confirmed on voice vote without recorded opposition. There were 26 voters against William Rehnquist, one against Lewis Powell, three against Chief Justice Warren Burger and 11 against Thurgood Marshall.

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