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Bullock an initial board member for public lands foundation

January 20, 2022 GMT

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Former Montana Gov. Steve Bullock and former Bureau of Land Management Director Neil Kornze are two of the first four board members of a new nonprofit foundation created to help leverage public and private funds to conserve, protect and restore land managed by the Bureau of Land Management.

Rehnquist once proposed to O’Connor, biographer says

October 31, 2018 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A biographer has discovered the future chief justice of the United States once proposed marriage to the woman who would become the first woman to serve on the court...

Sandra Day O’Connor announces likely Alzheimer’s diagnosis

By JESSICA GRESKOOctober 23, 2018 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, announced Tuesday in a frank and personal letter that she has been diagnosed with "the beginning stages of dementia, probably Alzheimer's disease...

The Latest: O’Connor says she likely has Alzheimer’s

October 23, 2018 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (all times local):...

AP Exclusive: Sandra Day O’Connor withdraws from public life

By JESSICA GRESKOOctober 22, 2018 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has stepped back from public life...

Kavanaugh’s civil rights views studied ahead of confirmation

By JESSE J. HOLLAND and TAMMY WEBBERAugust 31, 2018 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Brett Kavanaugh emailed his White House colleagues in June 2003 with an alert: The U...

What’s a retired justice to do? Former justices show the way

By JESSICA GRESKOJuly 4, 2018 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — For more than 30 years Justice Anthony Kennedy has lived by the Supreme Court's predictable calendar: hearing new cases beginning on the first Monday in October, arguments starting at 10 a...

New Supreme Court cookbook dishes up history, recipes

By JESSICA GRESKODecember 18, 2017 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — At Christmastime, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor would send her colleagues gift-wrapped packages of homemade beef jerky from her family's cattle ranch in Arizona...