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Agreement Among Supreme Court Justices: Categorical vs. Continuous Representation

Article • September 29th, 2005

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  September 29th, 2005

On Saturday, July 2, the lead headline in The New York Times read as follows: “O’Connor to Retire, Touching Off Battle Over Court.” Opening the story attached to the headline, Richard W. Stevenson wrote, “Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first wo-man to serve on the United States Supreme Court and a critical swing vote on abortion and a host of other divisive social issues, announced Friday that she is retiring, setting up a tumultuous fight over her successor.”