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Sandra Day O'Connor, first woman to serve on Supreme Court, dies - UPI.com

Dec 01, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -4% Center

  • Reliability

    80% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    -6% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    53% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : O'Connor was appointed to the court in July 1981 by President Ronald Reagan after working as a public attorney and serving in all three branches of government in Arizona.
49% : The three-day Senate Judiciary Committee hearing drew praise for O'Connor, who testified, "The proper role of the judiciary is one of interpreting and applying the law, not making it.
48% : Initially, her voting record aligned closely with conservative Justice William Rehnquist, but later she became the swing vote on the court, where she joined the controlling opinion in Planned Parenthood vs. Casey.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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