Reagan nominates Sandra Day OConnor to the Supreme Court
The piece lauds Ronald Reagan for nominating Sandra Day O Connor as the first woman on the U S Supreme Court. It notes her balanced temperament and legal achievement, warns of right to life opposition, and argues her record shows restraint rather than ideologue tendencies. It also highlights the symbolic and practical impact of a woman judge on the high court.
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Ronald Eeree
U.S. Supreme Court
Reagan
Sandra Day O’connor
James Watt
Raymond Donovan
Ernest Lefever
Ha Court
O’connor
Judge O’connor
Opee
Arizona
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sandra O'Connor
Filip
Potter Stewart
Bri Verey
Congress tax break debate sparks reader critique in Carbondale
In a Southern Illinoisan letter, Bill Curtis of Carbondale blasts Congress for self serving tax break talk, noting a proposed $5,600 annual perk per member and a $3 million yearly Treasury cost. He questions lawmakers' empathy toward the poor and elderly and laments lack of real solutions.
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Southern Illnoisan
Congress
Joint Committee On Taxation
Treasury
Jaime C. Witten
House
Senate
America
Bill Curtis Carbondale
Arm twisting and scare tactics in budget fight
A reader praises Bill Curtis for criticizing Reagan era tactics. The letter argues that the administration used arm twisting on vulnerable congressmen to push budget cuts and now employs fear mongering about Social Security to frighten current beneficiaries. The piece references a historic wartime era saying about fear of a big bad wolf.
Reagan's choice for the Supreme Court Sandra O'Connor
Sandra O'Connor, Arizona appeals court judge, is described as conservative and fair. Her record shows no abortion opinions, and she aligns with restraint in lawmaking. Analysts doubt immediate shifts on abortion, busing, or school prayer, given her pragmatic background as Arizona Senate leader and a record of measured rulings.
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Stuart Taylor Jr
New York Times
Sandra D. O’connor
Arizona
Supreme Court
Arizona State Senate
O’connor
Arizona Court of Appeals
O'Connor
Potter Stewart
William French Smith
Law Review
Law School
Congress
O'Connor Named Reagan Court Nominee First Woman on Supreme Court
Judge Sandra Day O'Connor emerged as President Reagan's pick for the United States Supreme Court, making her the first woman candidate for the high bench. Her Arizona rise from state senate leader to Court of Appeals justice is highlighted, with colleagues calling her bright, hard working, and conservative yet open minded.
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B. Drummond Ayres Jr
New York Times
Sandra Day O’connor
Reagan
United States Supreme Court
Senate
Mary Ellen Simonson
Phoenix
O'Connor
Arizona State Senate
O’connor
Arizona Court of Appeals
Appeals Court
Sharon Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller IV
West Virginia
Arizona
Junior League
Blood Bank
Jack D.H. Hays
Arizona Supreme Court
Stanford University
Stanford
John Jay O’connord
William Rehnquist
Supreme Court
Rehnquist
Soviet Union
Pakistan
Arabian Sea
Persian Gulf
Mohammad Zia ul-Haq
United States
India
Subcontinent
Peace and freedom policy minefield prices war and arms
John B. Oakes reviews Reagan era aims calling peace and freedom the goal while criticizing U S arms sales to Pakistan and Venezuela and weapons transfers to Communist China. He argues such moves deepen regional tensions, empower autocratic regimes, and undermine anti nuclear diplomacy, urging containment over an across the board buildup.
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John B. Oakes
New York Times
Caspar W. Weinberger
New York
Virginia
Reagan
Weinberger
America
China
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Israel
Middle East
Venezuela
United States
el Salvador
Pakistan
Moscow
Washington
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Sandra O’connor
Ism
Alfredo Gutierrez
Mrs. O'Connor
Justice of the Peace
Arizona Senate
Richard M. Nixon
Bruce Babbitt
Arizona Mountains
U.S
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Peking
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