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BU School of Law Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig discusses the legacy of Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
During a crucial period in American law — when abortion, affirmative action, sex discrimination and voting rights were on the docket — she was the most powerful woman in the country.
Democratic-appointed justices are clearly more partisan than their Republican-appointed peers.
Conservatives certainly remember the awful treatment Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas faced at his 1991 confirmation hearings, including the endless media coverage granted to utterly unproved charges of sexual harassment by a former employee, Anita Hill.