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Sandra Day O'Connor

Does ‘One Person, One Vote’ Mean ‘One Voter, One Vote’?

“One person, one vote” is deeply ingrained in the American psyche, but the concept isn’t in the Constitution and it wasn’t until the 1960s that the idea gained traction. Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor remembers the days before the concept became common currency, as she told the producers of the documentary film “One […]

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One of the many issues the new Supreme Court Justice will have to address is what to wear. A lace jabot like Sandra Day O’Connor? Something more modern? We talk to Susan Scafidi, a law professor at Fordham Law School who writes the blog Counterfeit Chic.

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