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It is a measure of the framers' fear that a passing majority might find it expedient to compromise 4th Amendment values that these values were embodied in the Constitution itself. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

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Statutes authorizing unreasonable searches were the core concern of the framers of the 4th Amendment. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

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The modern economy isn't about the redistribution of wealth, it's about the redistribution of time. ↗

— Doug Coupland

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The framers of the Constitution were so clear in the federalist papers and elsewhere that they felt an independent judiciary was critical to the success of the nation. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

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I don't know how a judge can concentrate on being fair and impartial when he or she is faced with possible jail time for making a decision that others deem incorrect. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

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I had become increasingly concerned in recent years about the lack of civics education in our nation's schools. In recent years, the schools have stopped teaching it. And it's unfortunate. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

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I sort of thought the framers of the Constitution were talking about the rights of individuals, not corporate entities. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

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I'm a judge. It seemed to me that it was critical to try to take action to stem the criticism and help people understand that in the constitutional framework, it's terribly important not to have a system of retaliation against decisions people don't like. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

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If I stumbled badly in doing the job, I think it would have made life more difficult for women, and that was a great concern of mine and still is. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

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If you take a position under the Constitution that is against the majority view, you have to explain it well enough that maybe you can persuade some of that majority to agree with you. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

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