A closer look at the lasting mark left by Sandra Day O'Connor—a timeline of influence.
Sandra Day O'Connor was a pioneering American jurist who served as the first female Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. Appointed by President Ronald Reagan, she was unanimously confirmed by the Senate. Prior to her Supreme Court tenure, O'Connor served as an Arizona state judge and legislator, becoming the first female majority leader of a state senate. Often described as a moderate conservative, she frequently acted as a swing vote on the Court, playing a crucial role in many landmark decisions.
In 2003, O'Connor wrote a book titled The Majesty of the Law: Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice.
In 2005, Barry Lynn commented on O'Connor's approach to church-state issues, noting her conservative stance but also her respect for the country's religious diversity. Lynn stated O'Connor "saw the complexity of church-state issues and tried to choose a course that respected the country's religious diversity".
In 2005, O'Connor wrote a children's book, Chico: A True Story from the Childhood of the First Woman Supreme Court Justice, about her childhood.
During a speech at Georgetown University in March 2006, O'Connor spoke on the issue of judicial independence, warning against political attacks on the courts.
On April 5, 2006, Arizona State University named its law school the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law in her honor.
On November 7, 2007, at a conference on her landmark opinion in Strickland v. Washington, O'Connor highlighted the lack of proper legal representation for poor defendants and urged merit selection for judges.
On August 7, 2008, O'Connor and Abdurrahman Wahid co-authored an editorial in the Financial Times expressing concerns about the threatened imprisonment of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.
On November 19, 2008, O'Connor published an introductory essay on judicial accountability in the Denver University Law Review, calling for better public understanding.
In February 2009, Sandra Day O'Connor launched "Our Courts", a website to offer interactive civics lessons to students and teachers.
In August 2009, the "Our Courts" website added two online interactive games.
In 2009, Sandra Day O'Connor founded the non-profit organization now known as the Sandra Day O'Connor Institute.
In 2009, Sandra Day O'Connor was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.
In May 2010, the "Our Courts" initiative expanded, becoming iCivics offering free lesson plans, games, and interactive videogames for middle and high school educators.
In 2013, Sandra Day O'Connor wrote the book "Out of Order: Stories from the History of the Supreme Court."
By 2015, the iCivics games had 72,000 teachers as registered users and its games had been played 30 million times.
In 2019, Sandra Day O'Connor's former adobe residence in Arizona, curated by the O'Connor Institute, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In 2022, the Sandra Day O'Connor Institute launched Civics for Life, its multigenerational digital platform.
On December 18, 2023, Sandra Day O'Connor lay in repose in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court.
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