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O'Connor retiring from Supreme Court
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court and a key swing vote on issues such as abortion and the death penalty, said today she is retiring. O'Connor, 75, said she will leave before the start of the court's next term in October, or when the Senate confirms her successor. "It has been a great privilege indeed to have served as a member of the court for 24 terms," O'Connor wrote in her resignation letter.
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court and a key swing vote on issues such as abortion and the death penalty, said today she is retiring. O'Connor, 75, said she will leave before the start of the court's next term in October, or when the Senate confirms her successor. "It has been a great privilege indeed to have served as a member of the court for 24 terms," O'Connor wrote in her resignation letter.