Sandra Day O'Connor

Some of the key events about Sandra Day O'Connor

• 1952

  Graduated from Stanford Law School third in her class
• 1969

  Appointed to the Arizona State Senate
• 1975

  Elected as judge on the Maricopa County Superior Court
• 1979

  Appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals
• 1981

  Became the first woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court
• 1981

  Voted to uphold the constitutionality of male-only draft registration in Rostker v. Goldberg
• 1986

  Cast the deciding vote to uphold Georgia's sodomy law in Bowers v. Hardwick
• 1988

  Delivered the keynote address at the Republican National Convention
• 1989

  Voted to uphold restrictions on abortion in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
• 1990

  Voted to allow evidence obtained through warrantless searches in certain circumstances in Florida v. Wells
• 1992

  Voted to uphold a Pennsylvania law imposing restrictions on abortion in Planned Parenthood v. Casey
• 2000

  Cast the deciding vote in Bush v. Gore, effectively deciding the presidential election outcome
• 2001

  Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom
• 2002

  Wrote the majority opinion upholding school voucher programs that include religious schools in Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
• 2003

  Voted to uphold the use of race as a factor in college admissions in Grutter v. Bollinger
• 2005

  Named one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America by the National Law Journal
• 2005

  Voted to allow the display of the Ten Commandments on government property in certain contexts in Van Orden v. Perry
• 2005

  Retired from the Supreme Court before many expected, allowing President George W. Bush to appoint her successor
• 2009

  Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction by President Barack Obama
• 2015

  Had a courthouse in Phoenix, Arizona named in her honor

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