American people Quote by Patrick Leahy
![“Justice [Sandra Day] O'Connor has been a guardian of the protections the Constitution provides the American people. She's come to provide balance and a check on government intrusion into our personal privacy and freedoms.” quote by Patrick Leahy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0cd/patrick-leahy-9772_american-people_justice-sandra-day-o-connor-has-been-a-g_1943888.jpg)
“Justice [Sandra Day] O'Connor has been a guardian of the protections the Constitution provides the American people. She's come to provide balance and a check on government intrusion into our personal privacy and freedoms.”
![“Justice [Sandra Day] O'Connor has been the critical decisive vote on many issues that go to the heart of who we are as a nation.” quote by Dick Durbin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/78c/dick-durbin-3181_critical_justice-sandra-day-o-connor-has-been-the_3105503.jpg)
![“[Sandra Day O'Connor] is a justice whose graciousness and sense of duty fuels her continued service, even agreeing to serve more than six months after her retirement date.” quote by Patrick Leahy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fbd/patrick-leahy-9772_duty_sandra-day-o-connor-is-a-justice-whose-g_848557.jpg)
![“Her [Jurdge Sandra Day O'Connor] judgment has also been critical in protecting our environmental rights. She joined in 5-4 majorities affirming reproductive freedom and religious freedom and the Voting Rights Act.” quote by Patrick Leahy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0dd/patrick-leahy-9772_affirming_her-jurdge-sandra-day-o-connor-judgment_2767401.jpg)
![“She [Justice sandra Day O'Connor] rejected the [George] Bush administration's claim that it could indefinitely detain a United States citizen. She upheld the fundamental principle of judicial review over the exercise of government power.” quote by Patrick Leahy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ffb/patrick-leahy-9772_administration_she-justice-sandra-day-o-connor-rejected_1644248.jpg)
![“Justice [Sandra Day] O'Connor also brought balance to our highest court; most recently, as been repeated many times, when she cautioned about how war doesn't give a blank check.” quote by Joe Biden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e88/joe-biden-454_balance_justice-sandra-day-o-connor-also-brought_2457238.jpg)
