By Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
I thank the Chief Justice and the O’Connor family for the privilege of speaking today in honor of my life role model Sandra Day O’Connor. I start where I believe she would have started, by introducing her beloved family: Scott O’Connor and his wife Joanie, with their children Courtney, Adam, and Keely; Brian O’Connor and his wife Shawn, and their children Weston and Sawyer; and Jay O’Connor and his wife Heather Corcoran, and their sons Dylan and Luke. Over the years, I have had the pleasure of spending time with the O’Connor family, and of serving alongside Jay on the iCivics Board where we work to continue Sandra’s path-breaking initiative in civics education. Full Text.