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Sandra Day O'Connor, America's first woman justice, was called the most powerful woman in America. She became the axis on which the Supreme Court turned, and it was often said that to gauge the direction of American law, one need look only to O'Connor's vote. Drawing on information gleaned from once-private papers, hundreds of interviews, and the insight gained from nearly two decades of covering the Supreme Court, author Joan Biskupic offers readers a fascinating portrait of a complex and multifaceted woman--lawyer, politician, legislator, and justice, as well as wife, mother, A-list society hostess, and competitive athlete. Biskupic provides an in-depth account of her transformation from tentative jurist to confident architect of American law.
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"An insightful biography of perhaps the most influential associate justice in recent history.... Highly recommended."--Library Journal
"A valuable window into O'Connor's operating style."--Roll Call
"Biskupic ... draws on once-private Court documents and hundreds of interviews to offer an absorbing portrait.... [An] illuminating biography."--Booklist
"[A] lively life of the just-retired Associate Justice.... [A] fitting farewell to an influential jurist."--Kirkus Reviews
"An excellent account of Sandra Day O'Connor's life and times as the first woman Supreme Court justice."--Washington Post Blog
"[A] fascinating and revealing biography.... Biskupic writes clearly and without hyperbole."--St. Petersburg Times
"A fine new biography."--New York Times
"[A] smart book.... Brisk and thorough."--Bloomberg News
"A comprehensive narrative of O'Connor's remarkable judicial career."--Los Angeles Times Book Review
"[A] highly readable and engaging work.... [A] powerful and persuasive account."--Washington Post Book World
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"A valuable window into O'Connor's operating style."--Roll Call
"Biskupic ... draws on once-private Court documents and hundreds of interviews to offer an absorbing portrait.... [An] illuminating biography."--Booklist
"[A] lively life of the just-retired Associate Justice.... [A] fitting farewell to an influential jurist."--Kirkus Reviews
"An excellent account of Sandra Day O'Connor's life and times as the first woman Supreme Court justice."--Washington Post Blog
"[A] fascinating and revealing biography.... Biskupic writes clearly and without hyperbole."--St. Petersburg Times
"A fine new biography."--New York Times
"[A] smart book.... Brisk and thorough."--Bloomberg News
"A comprehensive narrative of O'Connor's remarkable judicial career."--Los Angeles Times Book Review
"[A] highly readable and engaging work.... [A] powerful and persuasive account."--Washington Post Book World
Joan Biskupic writes for USA Today and is a frequent guest on PBS's Washington Week. She previously wrote for the Washington Post. Biskupic earned a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, and she lives in Washington, D.C.
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "Sandra Day O'Connor takes you behind the closed doors of the Supreme Court to reveal how Justice O'Connor helped craft landmark decisions on abortion, affirmative action, and a host of other critical issues. Joan Biskupic has broken new ground in reporting on O'Connor's life and historic role on the high court. This lively, fast-paced account will make people rethink how they view this extraordinary woman and her fellow justices. An indispensable read for anyone interested in politics, the law, and power as exercised by one of the most fascinating women of our time." -Andrea MitchellSandra Day O'Connor, America's first woman justice, became the axis on which the Supreme Court turned. She was called the most powerful woman in America, and it was often said that to gauge the direction of American law, one need look only to O'Connor's vote. Then, just one year short of a quarter century on the bench, she surprised her colleagues and the nation by announcing her retirement.Drawing on information from once-private papers of the justices, hundreds of interviews with legal and political insiders, and the insight gained from nearly two decades of covering the Supreme Court, Joan Biskupic examines O'Connor's remarkable career, providing an in-depth account of her transformation from tentative jurist to confident architect of American law. The portrait that emerges is of a complex and multifaceted woman: lawyer, politician, legislator, and justice, as well as wife, mother, A-list society hostess, and competitive athlete. To all appearances, she was the polite lady in pearls, handbag on her arm. But in the back rooms of politics and the law, she was a determined, focused strategist. O'Connor was the feminist who, rather than rebel against the male-dominated system, worked from within -- and succeeded.As Biskupic demonstrates, Justice O'Connor became much more than a "first." During her twenty-four-year tenure, she wrote the decisions on some of the most controversial social battles of our time. O'Connor's tie-breaking opinions on issues such as abortion rights, affirmative action, the death penalty, and religious freedom will have a lasting effect far into the future. O'Connor also cast one of the five votes that cut off the Florida recounts and allowed George W. Bush to take the White House in the 2000 contested presidential election. With an eye to the American people and a keen sense of public attitudes, she worked behind the scenes to shape the law and transform the legal standards by which future cases will be decided.From O'Connor's isolated upbringing on the Lazy B ranch in Arizona through her time as a state legislator to her rise as a justice -- along the way confronting her own personal challenges and crises, including breast cancer -- Biskupic presents a vivid, astute depiction of the justice -- and of the woman beneath the black robe. In so doing, Sandra Day O'Connor also provides an unprecedented look inside the exclusive, famously secretive High Court. Drawing on information from once-private papers of the justices, hundreds of interviews, and insight gained from 17 years of covering the Supreme Court, the author examines the remarkable career of the first woman on the Supreme Court. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780060590192
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