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Sandra Day O'Connor

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b. 1930, first woman on U.S. Supreme Court, she is retiring at age 75

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Hmm, I once saw a picture of her on Twitter, 2-3 years ago, already in a wheelchair. Not the strongest person anymore, I could imagine she goes down quickly. (wording?)

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Could merge this topic with the other one? 

 

 

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1 minute ago, YoungWillz said:

Could merge this topic with the other one? 

 

 



I was going to say, what with Ginsburg and O'Conner and Stevens, why not just a SCOTUS thread?  Covers em all.

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A 14 year gap between posts? Life during retirement has obviously been good. 

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On 12/01/2019 at 13:16, Paul Bearer said:

A 14 year gap between posts? Life during retirement has obviously been good. 

 

Nearly 2 years late to the party with this (doing some longlist research) but just for any other visitors to this page - when she retired in 2005, it wasn't due to personal ill health (although she was interested in retiring). Her husband had Alzheimer's and she wanted to care for him until he passed - he died in 2009. Her retirement was actually delayed due to the death of Chief Justice Rehnquist from cancer around the same time. John Roberts was nominated for O'Connor's Associate Justice slot and ended up as Chief instead! After her husband's death, I think she did lead a relatively healthy and lively retirement until recent years.

 

So this isn't just a history lesson, and since her thread is lacking in any detail about her condition, she survived breast cancer in the late 80s and in late 2018 announced she was withdrawing public life due to a diagnosis of dementia, possibly Alzheimer's (like her husband). https://www.npr.org/2018/10/23/659816933/sandra-day-oconnor-says-she-has-dementia-withdraws-from-public-life

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I think the committee should strongly consider her for the 2022 list. She can't be in great shape at this point.

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I honestly thought her dead, and wondered why tf her thread was bumped.  I guess I should have posted in another thread lol.

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Still suprises me she's never made an appearence on the offical list.

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RIP 
(and thanks for finally freeing up a slot on my personal top 50 after taking up a permanent place for the last 7 years)

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Three US political figures in a matter of a few days. Wow.

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And still Carter walks this earth (well maybe not walks)

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Not a good week for retired political guys in America, is it????  Who will be next????

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2 hours ago, markb4 said:

Three US political figures in a matter of a few days. Wow.

I suppose Jimmy Carter is next in line

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8 hours ago, chiesa52 said:

Not a good week for retired political guys in America, is it????  Who will be next????

 

Although Carter is the obvious pick, I could actually see Ethel Kennedy beating him to the exit.

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8 hours ago, chiesa52 said:

Not a good week for retired political guys in America, is it????  Who will be next????

Joe Lieberman

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10 hours ago, chiesa52 said:

Not a good week for retired political guys in America, is it????  Who will be next????

Alan or Pete Simpson

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14 hours ago, chiesa52 said:

Not a good week for retired political guys in America, is it????  Who will be next????


It’s been a good week for my top 50…Carter, Kissinger and O’Connor all hits.


Sadly too far down the list for DDP success but Jimmy is still offering…

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