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O'Connor First Female Justice Announces Retirement
The retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, shocks the White House and fuels a short list of potential successors. Her pivotal 5-4 votes shaped abortion, affirmative action, and terror detainee rulings, while she warned against expanding state power in recent property takings cases.
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