Annual Timeline

2007

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (ret.)

In 2007, Justice O'Connor was retired as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court but continued to serve as a visiting judge at U.S. Circuit Courts around the country.

Justice O'Connor gave 10 speeches or interviews during the year.

January

1

Coverage - Law review article

Ideologue or Pragmatist: Sandra Day O'Connor's Views on Abortion Rights, by Stewart Jay

1

Coverage - Law review article

Judges Struck by Lightning: Some Observations on the Politics of Recent Supreme Court Appointments, by L.A. Powe

1

Coverage - Law review article

Justice O'Connor's Approach to Tax Cases: Could She Have Led the Court Toward a More Collaborative Role for the Judiciary in the Development of Tax Law?, by Myron C. Grauer

1

Coverage - Law review article

Justice O'Connor and ‘The Threat to Judicial Independence’: The Cowgirl Who Cried Wolf?, by Arthur D. Hellman

1

Coverage - Law review article

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's Friends, by Ruth Colker

1

Coverage - Law review article

Some Reflections on Imperfection, by Martin D. Ginsburg

1

Coverage - Law review article

The Deregulatory Valence of Justice O'Connor's Federalism, by Bradley W. Joondeph

1

Coverage - Law review article

The Future of Religious Pluralism: Justice O'Connor and the Establishment Clause, by Deborah Jones Merritt

2

Speech

The Importance of an Independent Judiciary

1

Coverage - Law review article

Balancing Act: Reflections on Justice O’Connor’s Intellectual Property Jurisprudence, by Keith Aoki

1

Coverage - Law review article

A Cowgirl Rides the Circuits: Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Puts her Band on Federal Appellate Courts, by Richard Brust

1

Interview / Magazine article

Interview with Scholastic News

1

Coverage - Law review article

The Alito/O'Connor Switch, by Joan Biskupic

March

2

Award

Receives George P. Shultz Distinguished Public Service Award from The Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research

8

Interview

Interview with Arizona Capitol Television

26

Event

Turns 77 years old

May

13

Speech

Speech at 400th anniversary celebration of Jamestown, Virginia

20

Interview / TV appearance

Interview with Fox News Sunday

July

23

Speech

Speech on judicial independence to the National Governors Association

30

Coverage - Book

Sandra Day O'Connor (Remarkable People), by Jennifer Howse

September

1

Coverage - Law review article

Justice O'Connor's Race and Gender Jurisprudence, by Paul Bender

November

11

Speech

Keynote address at "The Presidency and the Supreme Court" conference

12

Law review article / Speech

Balancing Security, Democracy, and Human Rights in an Age of Terrorism

13

Award

Receives 2007 Gold Medal Award from The National Institute of Social Sciences

13

Award

Receives Wolfgang Friedmann Memorial Award from Columbia Journal of Transnational Law

15

Op ed

"Justice for Sale"