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fedfem · Jul 1, 2005, 11:16 am

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/n...wsbreaking-hed

By Jan Crawford Greenburg and Jeff Zeleny
Washington Bureau
Published July 1, 2005, 10:01 AM CDT

WASHINGTON -- Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court and a moderate voice on such issues as abortion and the death penalty, said today she is retiring from the court.

"It has been a great privilege, indeed, to have served as a member of the court for 24 terms," O'Connor wrote in a letter to President Bush. "I will leave it with enormous respect for the integrity of the court and its role under our constitutional structure."

O'Connor, 75, said she would leave before the start of the court's next term in October or whenever the Senate confirmed her successor.

The White House said the president would address the nation from the Rose Garden later today. While a Supreme Court retirement was widely anticipated this week, it was presumed that Chief Justice William Rehnquist would step down. O'Connor's decision threw an unexpected curve into the political fight to choose a new justice.

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fedfem Igneous Magma Location: Northeastern, USA Posts: 606	Justice O’Connor to retire http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/n...wsbreaking-hed By Jan Crawford Greenburg and Jeff Zeleny Washington Bureau Published July 1, 2005, 10:01 AM CDT WASHINGTON -- Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court and a moderate voice on such issues as abortion and the death penalty, said today she is retiring from the court. "It has been a great privilege, indeed, to have served as a member of the court for 24 terms," O'Connor wrote in a letter to President Bush. "I will leave it with enormous respect for the integrity of the court and its role under our constitutional structure." O'Connor, 75, said she would leave before the start of the court's next term in October or whenever the Senate confirmed her successor. The White House said the president would address the nation from the Rose Garden later today. While a Supreme Court retirement was widely anticipated this week, it was presumed that Chief Justice William Rehnquist would step down. O'Connor's decision threw an unexpected curve into the political fight to choose a new justice. ...