O'Connor Decries Republican Attacks on Courts

by Nina Totenberg, NPR

Newly retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor took on conservative Republican critics of the courts in a speech Thursday. She told an audience at Georgetown University that Republican proposals, and their sometimes uncivil tone, pose a danger to the independence of the judiciary, and the freedoms of all Americans.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, March 10, 2006