Sandra Day O'Connor was an American attorney,politician,and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. O'Connor was the first woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court justice. She was a moderate conservative. Nominated by President Ronald Reagan,she was considered a swing vote for the Rehnquist Court and the first four months of the Roberts Court. Before O'Connor's tenure on the Court,she was an Arizona state judge and earlier an elected legislator in Arizona,serving as the first female majority leader of a state senate as the Republican leader in the Arizona Senate. Upon her nomination to the Court,O'Connor was confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate.
The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies (FedSoc) is an American conservative and libertarian legal organization that advocates for a textualist and originalist interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. Headquartered in Washington,D.C.,it has chapters at more than 200 law schools and features student,lawyer,and faculty divisions;the lawyers division comprises more than 70,000 practicing attorneys in ninety cities. Through speaking events,lectures,and other activities,it provides a forum for legal experts of opposing conservative views to interact with members of the legal profession,the judiciary,and the legal academy. It is one of the most influential legal organizations in the United States.
Shirley Ann Mount Hufstedler was an American attorney and judge who served as the first U.S. Secretary of Education from 1979 to 1981. She previously served as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals from 1968 to 1979.
Harriet Ellan Miers is an American lawyer who served as White House counsel to President George W. Bush from 2005 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party since 1988,she previously served as White House staff secretary from 2001 to 2003 and White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy from 2003 until 2005. In 2005,Miers was nominated by Bush to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor,but—in the face of bipartisan opposition—asked Bush to withdraw her nomination. Following her withdrawal in 2007,Miers returned to private practice,becoming a partner in the litigation and public policy group at Locke Lord.
Speculation abounded over potential nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States by President George W. Bush since before his presidency.
Consuelo María Callahan is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
On October 3,2005,Harriet Miers was nominated for Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by President George W. Bush to replace retired Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Miers was,at the time,White House Counsel,and had previously served in several roles both during Bush's tenure as Governor of Texas and President.
The Colorado Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Colorado. Located in Denver,the court was established in 1876. It consists of a Chief Justice and six Associate Justices who are appointed by the Governor of Colorado from a list of candidates approved by a state judicial commission. Each justice faces a retention election two years after his or her appointment and every ten years thereafter,with mandatory retirement at age 72.
Cornelia Anne Clark was an American attorney and jurist who served as a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 2005 until her death in 2021.
Christine Marie Arguello is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado and is a former Colorado state official. Previously,she was a nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2014.
Mary Jane Mullarkey was a chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court and the first female Supreme Court chief justice in the state of Colorado. She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2012.
Monica Marie Márquez is an associate justice of the Colorado Supreme Court. Previously a deputy Colorado attorney general,she was appointed by Governor Bill Ritter to the Supreme Court in 2010 to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey. She was sworn in on December 10,2010.
Allison Lynn Hartwell Eid is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. She previously served as an associate justice of the Colorado Supreme Court.
Daryl L. Hecht was a justice on the Iowa Supreme Court and president of Iowa Trial Lawyers Association.
Nathan B. Coats is an American lawyer and jurist who served as the 46th chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court from 2018 to 2020. Coats had been appointed to the court in 2000,by Governor Bill Owens and served until his retirement in 2020. His views while serving on the court were considered conservative.
Davis Graham &Stubbs LLP (DGS) is a law firm with its office in Denver,Colorado. It is the second largest law firm in Colorado.
Jean Dubofsky is the first woman to become a Colorado Supreme Court Justice and a former Deputy Attorney General for Colorado. She was the lead attorney in Romer v. Evans,the case that overturned Colorado Amendment 2 at the US Supreme Court,resulting in a landmark ruling for LGBT rights in the United States.
Anthony Francis Vollack was a justice of the Colorado Supreme Court from 1986 to 2000,serving as chief justice from 1995 to 1998.
Melissa Hart is a justice of the Colorado Supreme Court.
Maria Encarnacion Berkenkotter is an American lawyer who has served as an associate justice of the Colorado Supreme Court since 2021.
