On this day in women’s history…
| March 26th, 2004March 26
1930: (Birthday) Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to be appointed an associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, born in El Paso, Texas. O’Connor was an Arizona lawyer and judge and served in the state Senate from 1969 until 1974, becoming majority leader - the first woman to hold such a position. She was elected an Arizona Superior Court judge 1974, and appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals 1979. President Ronald Reagan, under great pressure from women’s groups as well as his own party, appointed O’Connor and she was sworn in 09-25-81. Expected to be a strict Republican right-winger and seen as the deciding anti-choice vote, she amazed everyone by being the deciding vote to uphold a woman’s right to choose and confirm that an embryo or fetus is not a child.
1985: the U.S. Supreme Court upholds a lower court decision that an Oklahoma law allowing a teacher’s firing for speaking on gay rights is unconstitutional.
March 26th, 2004 at 8:56 am
BOARD OF EDUCATION OF OKLAHOMA CITY v. NATIONAL GAY TASK FORCE
This comment was written by arbitraryaardvark.APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT
No. 83-2030.
Argued January 14, 1985
Decided March 26, 1985
729 F.2d 1270, affirmed by an equally divided Court.
Dennis W. Arrow argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were Larry Lewis and James B. Croy.
Laurence H. Tribe argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were William B. Rogers and Leonard Graff. *
PER CURIAM.
The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court.
JUSTICE POWELL took no part in the decision of this case.
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March 30th, 2004 at 1:24 pm
“she amazed everyone by being the deciding vote to uphold a woman’s right to choose and confirm that an embryo or fetus is not a child.”
Not in Roe — too late. And not in Casey — that was 6-3.
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