Herman Rush, a veteran television producer best known for licensing Till Death Us Do Part, the UK sitcom that Norman Lear turned into All in the Family, died Dec. 12 at 94 of natural causes in Los Angeles, according to several news reports.
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Sandra Day O’Connor, the first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, has died. She was 93.
In an announcement on Friday morning, the court said that she died in Phoenix, AZ of complications related to advanced dementia, probably Alzheimers, and a respiratory illness.
O’Connor was nominated by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and, although she was appointed by a conservative, she was an important swing vote on the high court by the time she retired in 2006.
Chief Justice John Roberts said in a statement, “A daughter of the American Southwest, Sandra Day O’Connor blazed an historic trail as our nation’s first female justice. She met that challenge with undaunted determination, indisputable ability and engaging candor.”
O’Connor sided with the court’s conservative wing on a number of landmark decisions, perhaps most prominently in the 2000 decision that ended the Florida vote recount, effectively affirming George W. Bush’s win of the presidency over Al Gore. But she also sided with the liberal wing on issues including affirmative action and abortion. In a 1992 ruling in Planned Parenthood vs. Casey, O’Connor led the majority in a decision that largely upheld Roe vs. Wade and retained the constitutional right to an abortion. Roe vs. Wade ultimately was overturned in 2022, when conservatives had gained a commanding majority on the high court.
Per the AP, O’Connor summarized the 1992 ruling in court, “Some of us as individuals find abortion offensive to our most basic principles of morality, but that can’t control our decision. Our obligation is to define the liberty of all, not to mandate our own moral code.”
Born in El Paso, TX on March 26, 1930, O’Connor grew up on a cattle ranch, something that she recounted in a
Herman Rush, a veteran television producer best known for licensing Till Death Us Do Part, the UK sitcom that Norman Lear turned into All in the Family, died Dec. 12 at 94 of natural causes in Los Angeles, according to several news reports.
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on Friday morning, her death was due to “complications related to advanced dementia, probably Alzheimer’s, and a respiratory illness." was appointed to the court by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and held the role until her retirement in 2006. Her nomination inspired generations of women to pursue law, including five female justices who'd eventually follow in her footsteps (four of whom are currently serving).She will be remembered, in particular, for the defining role she played in court decisions on hotly contested issues such as abortion, affirmative action, voting rights, religion, and discrimination on the basis of sex.
Ellise Shafer Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve as a Supreme Court Justice, died on Friday, the Supreme Court announced in a statement. She was 93. O’Connor died in Phoenix, Ariz.
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