Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who died on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on July 25, 2012 in Washington, D.C. O’Connor spoke to the necessity for civics education in maintaining an independent judiciary. The former associate justice also expressed doubt about the process in some states of electing judges, and about the validity of asking Supreme Court nominees how they would vote in the future. T.J. KIRKPATRICK/GETTY IMAGES
BY ASHLEY MURRAY States Newsroom via Kansas Reflector WASHINGTON — The first woman to serve on the nation’s highest court is dead at 93. Sandra…
