Sandra Day O'Connor called a pioneer and 'iconic jurist' as she is memorialized by Biden, Roberts
President Joe Biden attends a funeral service for retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor at the Washington National Cathedral, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, in Washington. O'Connor, an Arizona native and the first woman to serve on the nation's highest court, died on Dec. 1 at age 93. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the Arizona rancher's daughter who became a voice of moderate conservatism as the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, was memorialized by President Joe Biden on Tuesday as a pioneer in the legal world who inspired generations of women.
Biden and Chief Justice John Roberts were among those who eulogized O'Connor at Washington National Cathedral. O'Connor retired from the high court in 2006 after more than two decades, and died Dec. 1 at age 93.
The president, a longtime senator who once chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee, began his remarks by recalling her 1981 confirmation hearing — a day that Biden described as momentous because of the history that she would make on the nation's most powerful court.
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