Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Memorialized by Biden, Chief Justice

U.S. leaders and others offered high praise for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, at her funeral in Washington, on Dec. 19. At the National Cathedral, President Joe Biden and Chief Justice John Roberts both underscored how Justice O’Connor broke barriers as she took her place on the nation’s highest court. “Gracious and wise, civil and principled, Sandra Day O’Connor, daughter of the American West, was a pioneer in her own right,” said President Biden. He recalled how he was the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1981 when it considered her nomination to the Supreme Court....