McFeatters, Ann Carey. Sandra Day O'Connor; Justice in the balance.McFEATTERS, Ann Carey. Samara Samara, river, Russia Samara (səmä`rə), river, c.360 mi (580 km) long, rising in the foothills of the S Urals, European Russia. It flows generally northwest, and joins the Volga River at Samara. Day O'Connor; Justice in the balance. Univ. of New Mexico Press. 224p. illus. bibliog. index. c2005. 0-8263-3218-8. $21.95. JSA JSA - Japanese Standards Association. This biography of the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court paints a readable picture of Sandra Day O'Connor Sandra Day O'Connor (born March 26 1930) is an American jurist who served as the first female Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. She was considered a strict constructionist. from her early days on a huge, isolated range in Arizona to her school days away from her family, her higher education, and her career up to her appointment to the Supreme Court. The author attempts to explain O'Connor's political views and judicial temperament through her upraising and experiences, including her inability to be taken seriously by any law firm when she graduated from Stanford Law School  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . third in her class. Important also is her political career and her life as a wife and mother. McFeatters also goes into detail about some of the major judicial issues of the day, such as affirmative action affirmative action, in the United States, programs to overcome the effects of past societal discrimination by allocating jobs and resources to members of specific groups, such as minorities and women. , abortion, and capital punishment; and she describes the character and personality of the justices with whom O'Connor served. Nola Theiss, Sanibel, FL J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. S--Recommended for senior high school students. A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. |
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