U.S. Senator Ken Salazar

Member of the Agriculture, Energy and Veterans Affairs Committees

 

2300 15th Street, Suite 450 Denver, CO 80202 | 702 Hart Senate Building, Washington, D.C. 20510

 

 

For Immediate Release

July 1, 2005

CONTACT:    Cody Wertz – Press Secretary

                        202-228-3630

Jen Clanahan – Deputy Press Secretary

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SEN. SALAZAR’S STATEMENT ON JUSTICE O’CONNOR’S RETIREMENT

WASHINGTON, D.C. – United States Senator Ken Salazar released the following statement on Justice O’Connor’s retirement announcement today.

“I congratulate Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on her announcement that she will retire from the United States Supreme Court. When Justice O’Connor was appointed, she became the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court in the Court’s 191 year history. Indeed, she blazed the path for women everywhere to positions of power and authority in the legal and other professions.

Even more significantly, Justice O’Connor has served the American people with distinction, courage and honor for twenty four years, deciding many important issues that affect our lives every day. I salute Justice O’Connor for her service to the nation.

I look forward to very careful and full deliberations in the Senate to examine the qualifications of any eventual nominee in fulfilling the Senate’s constitutional duty to advise the President and give consent to the nomination. It is my hope that the President will follow through with his pledge to consult with the Senate to ensure the selection of a nominee that Coloradans and the nation can welcome and be confirmed with strong bipartisan support.”

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