Former Supreme Court docket Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the primary lady to take the bench and a key swing vote throughout her tenure, has died on the age of 93. Former Newsweek editor Evan Thomas, longtime pal of O’Connor Lynda Webster, and Pete Williams, who lined O’Connor for NBC throughout her time on the bench, be a part of Andrea Mitchell to debate her life and legacy. “Culturally, the truth that she was the primary lady on the courtroom and that she as soon as famously stated, “I do not need to be the final. I need to do a superb job as a result of if I do not, it will most likely be a very long time earlier than one other lady is appointed to the Supreme Court docket,” Pete tells Andrea. “And she or he actually was the kind of glue that held everyone collectively. Her authorized significance is appreciable. Her jurisprudence was very virtually oriented as a result of she had a life expertise rising up on a ranch in Arizona serving as an elected official. She had an expertise that different justices who come by means of a extra ivory tower-ish type of background haven’t got.”
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Pete Williams: Sandra Day O’Connor was the ‘glue that held everyone collectively’ on Supreme Court docket
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