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Sh received unanimous approval from Senate.
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Associate Justice, court seat #9
First woman to serve as a justice for the Supreme Court; broke new ground for women in the legal field -
O'Connor wrote the majority opinion ruling that a mentally retarded murderer with the reasoning capacity of a 7-year-old could be executed. This was not a violation of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of “cruel and unusual punishments” because, she said, “there is insufficient evidence of a national consensus against executing mentally retarded people convicted of capital offenses.”
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She wrote the Court's decision on Planned Parenthood v. Casey on June 29, 1992 that upheld Roe v. Wade.
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O'Connor voted to stop the recount in Florida during the 2000 elections
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Changed her opinion from the Penry v. Lynaugh case and ruled that “death is not a suitable punishment for a mentally retarded criminal.”
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Served for 24 years in the Supreme Court.
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