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Ninety-nine to zero. That was the tally in 1981 by which the Senate made Sandra Day O’Connor the first female justice on the Supreme Court. Such a lopsided result is ....
What little opposition there was to O’Connor, then a little-known Arizona judge, was over her record on abortion when she had earlier served in the Arizona Senate. Anti-abortion groups rose up in alarm, complaining that Reagan was going back on the Republican platform promise to appoint judges who respect “the sanctity of innocent human life.” ....
WASHINGTON Ninety-nine to zero. That was the tally, unimaginable in today s hyperpolarized environment, by which the Senate in 1981 made Sandra Day O Conn. ....