Former clerks of late Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor gather for her final trip to the court. Justice Sonia Sotomayor pays tribute to O'Connor's influence and role model status. Vice President honors O'Connor's kindness, intelligence, and love for the nation. O'Connor, known for breaking barriers, is remembered for her impact on women's capabilities. John Roberts, the richest Supreme Court Justice, delivers a tribute to O'Connor. President Biden and others eulogize O'Connor's imprint on the US. All nine current Supreme Court justices attend O'Connor's funeral, and flags are lowered to half-staff in her memory.
The answer is "by cleverly remaining on the court after Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer, both vastly wealthier, retired." https://t.co/wRgHGRMpXd
Chief Justice John Roberts was already rich by the time he joined the Supreme Court. Forbes estimates his fortune has roughly quintupled since then. https://t.co/0vCSEKuh8Y https://t.co/OZuWLp2zwW
Chief Justice John Roberts calls the Supreme Court a 'family of in-laws' as all nine justices attend Sandra Day O'Connor's funeral https://t.co/pjD1l3bzJA https://t.co/hFIVsll7Lq
“She had perfect manners...but a spine of steel…She started this project ‘iCivics’…she would say…‘Unless young people learn civics, we may lose our democracy because people will not know what democracy is,’” says @BeschlossDC on the life and legacy of Sandra Day O'Connor. https://t.co/gj32eHXwLg
As a mark of respect for the memory of United States Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, all flags have been lowered to half-staff by order of @NYCMayor. https://t.co/31rcPAZUAZ
NEW: At Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's funeral today, Roberts deftly steered around the high court's repudiation of her abortion jurisprudence. Only the Episcopal bishop appeared to allude to it. More w/@Lauren_V_Egan https://t.co/9gexdr9lQG
Biden hails Justice O'Connor's imprint on US, American lives https://t.co/HXR9RcOxYR https://t.co/LSNqt5Xraz
Today, @potus eulogized the late Sandra Day O’Connor. https://t.co/qcZvYWvWuv Here is an amazing Sept. 21, 1981 photo of them after she was confirmed to the Supreme Court — photo by the AP’s Scott Applewhite! https://t.co/o4dmXClUJs
How he became the richest? Because his wife works in a good paying job and far, far wealthier justices RBG (net worth $40 million?) died and Breyer (married to British heiress) retired. https://t.co/SxcWfCvbIS
Chief Justice John Roberts begins his tribute to Justice O'Connor: "It has been said that the Supreme Court is like a family, a family composed entirely of in-laws." #SCOTUS https://t.co/q4E01hJjdI
Evan Thomas tribute to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor: "Civics, civility, the rule of the law. She had a kind of civic religion. Not just the law that is written down, but the unwritten rules of fairness and decency...How lucky we were that she was the first. How much we miss her." https://t.co/tVuBrgeto9
All nine Supreme Court justices unite to say goodbye to Sandra Day O'Connor: Clarence Thomas and wife Ginni watch Biden say first woman on bench was proof women can be a 'heck of a lot better' than men https://t.co/mHEJyoJHYZ https://t.co/ktrXw7tEr1
Chief Justice John Roberts at Justice O'Connor service says that Supreme Court has been called like a family -- "a family of in-laws."
“The first step in getting power is to become visible to others— and then to put on an impressive show. The acquisition of power requires that one aspire to power, that one believes power is possible.” RIP Sandra Day O’Connor 1930-2023
All 9 current #SCOTUS justices (& some spouses) plus Kennedy in attendance for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor funeral at @WNCathedral https://t.co/kEJbqR2uIM
From 2004, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor delivers a reading at President Reagan's funeral, from a sermon delivered in 1630 by the Pilgrim leader John Winthrop, "The City On The Hill" https://t.co/YW8z1FdZxS
Chief Justice John Roberts was already rich by the time he joined the Supreme Court. Forbes estimates his fortune has roughly quintupled since then. https://t.co/Q7FcLan4mw https://t.co/CiFw91BsPX
How John Roberts Became The Supreme Court’s Richest Justice https://t.co/gs7TQOJYAB https://t.co/VLTejhX1v1
Sandra Day O’Connor, cowgirl and intellectual, would not be fenced in. By Sally Jenkins. https://t.co/ExiJgIosBQ
The first but not the last. I will always remember Justice O'Connor's kindness, intelligence, and deep love for our nation. https://t.co/RzId6bLZ0N
Justice Sonia Sotomayor: "Sandra was a living example that women could take on any challenge, could more than hold their own in spaces dominated by men and could do so with grace." #SCOTUS https://t.co/oH7ZkE6IuZ
Justice Sonia Sotomayor: "I thank the Chief Justice and the O'Connor family for this privilege of speaking today in honor of my life role model Sandra Day O'Connor." #SCOTUS https://t.co/GODOlCJ0lf
Scores of former clerks for the late Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor await her final trip to the court she changed. https://t.co/YoSTLVGBFh