Sandra Day O'Connor, America's First Female Supreme Court Justice, Dies

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : "O'Connor also staked out a middle ground on the sensitive issue of affirmative action, unwilling to say that policies had to be completely colorblind but still uncomfortable with the idea of strongly race-conscious admissions policies.
50% : In 1989, in City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co., O'Connor wrote for a five-justice majority and decided that affirmative action policies should be held to the standard of "strict scrutiny" -- increasing the burden on people who wanted policies designed to help minorities to the same standard that had historically been used for discriminatory ones like Jim Crow laws.

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