Current and former members of the Supreme Court remember O'Connor washingtonpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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.
Justice O’Connor was named to the nation's highest court by President Reagan in 1981, and her pivotal role was most apparent in death penalty and abortion cases.