Wall Street Journalさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Wall Street JournalInstagram)「Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court and its most powerful justice for much of her tenure, died Friday at age 93.⁠ ⁠ O’Connor, who retired in 2006 after 25 years on the court, died in Phoenix of complications related to advanced dementia and a respiratory illness, the court said in an announcement.⁠ ⁠ Justice O’Connor was an Arizona state judge in 1981 when Republican President Ronald Reagan, fulfilling a campaign pledge to break the male monopoly on the high court, selected her to succeed retired Justice Potter Stewart.⁠ ⁠ Over the next 24 years, Justice O’Connor came to wield the deciding vote between the court’s conservative and liberal wings. She displayed a knack for moderation and compromise that sat well with the broad American mainstream, even as it frustrated ideological purists.⁠ ⁠ Read more at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ 📷: Stephen Voss for @wsjphotos」12月2日 0時32分