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Yes. Sandra Day Oconner was appointed by President Reagan and recently retired. There are currently three women serving on the the Supreme Court.
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Zero. President Reagan appointed Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the US Supreme Court, in 1981. She retired in 2006. There are currently two women on the Supreme Court: Justices Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Sonia Sotomayor.
She was the first women on the supreme court.
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The US Supreme Court historically restricted women's rights by applying the so-called "reasonableness" standard, allowing federal, state and local governments to enact discriminatory laws that the Court deemed constitutional because they served a "legitimate" government interest. Historically, this doctrine has been used to deny women the right of reproductive choice, workplace protection, redress for discriminatory treatment and other important liberties.
Rutherford B. Hayes signed such a bill in March of 1879. The bill was called "An Act to Relieve Certain Legal Disabilities of Women," thus enabling women to practice in the federal court system. It was passed after the Supreme Court decided in 1876 to bar women from arguing cases before them.Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood became the first woman admitted to the US Supreme Court bar later that year.
Men and women are to be treated exactly the same in all cases.
Men and women are to be treated exactly the same in all cases.
The decision was that a women has the right to an abortion if her life is in jeopardy. Later, the Supreme Court would increase that too she can get an abortion any time before the middle of the second trimester.