The Importance of Being Sandra

As we salute Justice O'Connor as an individual and honor her for the boost she gave to the participation of women in the legal profession, we also turn to the consequences of her retirement for a whole range of legal, especially constitutional, issues.  The Supreme Court Nomination Blog posts a long list of the 5-4 decisions in which Justice O'Connor cast the deciding vote and a more conservative replacement might vote differently.  They include church-state cases but also, obviously, lots of others that might be grist for our mill of discussing the future of the law as it relates to Catholic thought.  I'd be interested in hearing about some of them -- especially some of the less well known holdings -- from fellow MOJers knowledgable in the respective fields.

Tom B.