Statement Re: Resignation of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor

July 1, 2005 – The American Bar Association is profoundly grateful to Justice Sandra Day O’Connor for her service to the nation as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, for her dedication to justice, and for her commitment to our courts and juries, as demonstrated by her leadership as the honorary chair of the ABA Commission on the American Jury. Our nation, and in fact the world, have been improved by Justice O’Connor’s service. We may all draw inspiration from her example.