O'Connor lived to see four women serve at the same time on the Supreme Court. O'Connor, who left the court in 2006, died Friday in Phoenix of complications related to advanced dementia and a respiratory illness, the Supreme Court said. Members of the Supreme Court sit for a new group portrait Oct. 7, 2022, following the addition of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, at the Supreme Court building in Washington. In the bottom row, from left, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Elena Kagan. In the top row, from left, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Justice Neil Gorsuch, Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Source: Daily Sun December 04, 2023 04:47 UTC