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Funeral Service for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor at the Washington National Cathedral, Washington, District of Columbia, USA - 19 Dec 2023
Chief Justice of the United States John G Roberts Jnr, Jr. (R), his wife Jane Sullivan (2nd R), Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas (2nd L) and his wife Virginia Thomas (L), attend the memorial service for former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Sandra Day O'Connorat the National Cathedral in Washington, DC. O'Connor, the first woman US Supreme Court justice, died on December 1, 2023 at 93 of complications related to advanced dementia and a respiratory illness. She served as one of the nine justices on the court until 2006 and wielded enormous influence as a crucial "swing vote" in a court evenly divided between liberals and conservatives.