The physique of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who died Dec. 1, returned to the U.S. Supreme Court docket for a day of repose on Monday, the place her casket was acquired by throngs of her former clerks and surviving colleagues on the nation’s high bench.
In a brief ceremony, Justice Sonia Sotomayor paid tribute to O’Connor, who left the courtroom in 2006, three years earlier than Sotomayor’s appointment in 2009. With all 9 sitting justices in attendance in addition to retired Justice Anthony Kennedy, Sotomayor targeted on the private heat of the nation’s first feminine Supreme Court docket justice, whom she known as her “life position mannequin.”
