WASHINGTON (NEWSnet/AP) — The late Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court, will lie in repose in the court's Great Hall on Monday.
O’Connor, an Arizona native, died Dec. 1 at age 93.
Her casket will be carried up the steps in front of the court, passing under the iconic words engraved on the pediment, “Equal Justice Under Law," and placed in the court's Great Hall. C-SPAN will broadcast a private ceremony held before the hall is open to the public, allowing people to pay their respects afterward, from 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Funeral services for O'Connor are set for Tuesday at Washington National Cathedral, where President Joe Biden and Chief Justice John Roberts are scheduled to speak.
She built a career that included service as a member of the Arizona Legislature and state judge before her appointment to the Supreme Court at age 51.
She retired at age 75.
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