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This justice declared, “A state of war is not a blank check for the President when it comes to the rights of the nation’s citizens” in a ruling against the administration in the case Hamdi v. Rumsfeld. (0[1])This justice’s confirmation (0[1])hearing was the first to be fully televised and (0[1])followed the retirement of Potter Stewart. This author (0[1])of the memoir Lazy B: Growing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest (0[1])was once the majority (0[1])leader of (*) Arizona’s senate. This justice developed the “undue burden” standard in Planned Parenthood v. Casey’s (10[1]0[2])majority opinion. (10[1])Playwright Arthur Miller once accosted (0[1])this justice over the (0[1])Bush v. Gore swing vote she provided (10[1])to the (0[1])majority. (10[6]0[1])For 10 points, (10[2])name this first (10[1])female (10[3])justice (10[8])on the Supreme Court. (10[2]0[1])■END■ (10[7]0[1])

ANSWER: Sandra Day O’Connor [or Sandra Day]
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