First female justice, Sandra Day O'Connor, to lie in repose at Supreme Court

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : "Before rising to the Supreme Court, O'Connor worked as a public attorney and served in all three branches of government in Arizona, where she was raised.
50% : During her confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, O'Connor was praised for asserting that "the proper role of the judiciary is one of interpreting and applying the law, not making it."As she was sworn in on Sept. 25, 1981, O'Connor pledged "I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich.
47% : O'Connor was a crucial swing vote in the court's historic 1992 decision in Planned Parenthood vs. Casey, which upheld the right to an abortion as established in Roe vs. Wade.

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