American - Judge | March 26, 1930 -
A moment of silence is not inherently religious.
Sandra Day O'Connor
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It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of silent, thoughtful schoolchildren.
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Occasionally we have to interpret an international treaty - one, perhaps, affecting airlines and liability for injury to passengers or damage to goods. Then, of course, we have to look to the precedents of other member nations in resolving issues.
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There was no hostility at the court when I arrived.
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The fact is, we are a nine-member court that sits on cases.
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The members of the court were just delighted to have a ninth member - male or female. They were all kind and welcoming.
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What was a problem was the excessive amount of media attention to the appointment of the first woman and everything she did. Everywhere that Sandra went, the press was sure to go. And that got tiresome; it was stressful.
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My concern was whether I could do the job of a justice well enough to convince the nation that my appointment was the right move.
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If I stumbled badly in doing the job, I think it would have made life more difficult for women, and that was a great concern of mine and still is.
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Most high courts in other nations do not have discretion, such as we enjoy, in selecting the cases that the high court reviews. Our court is virtually alone in the amount of discretion it has.
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Yes, I will bring the understanding of a woman to the Court, but I doubt that alone will affect my decisions.
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It is true that as you have children, there are a good many months when you don't want to be working full-time. I agree that that's an issue.
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