A Cowgirl Rides the Circuits: Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor puts her brand on federal appellate courts
Like it or not, its true. Justice O’Connor is making her rounds in the federal appellate courts. The ABA Journal has the story here which focuses prominently on a case brought by Anthony Picarello of the Becket Fund. It begins:
About a month before oral arguments in a key establishment clause case last year, Anthony R. Picarello Jr. opened the e-mail listing the names of the judges he would be facing on a panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. He could scarcely believe his eyes.
Sitting by designation would be none other than retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
His brief specifically cited O’Connor’s opinions in several crucial Supreme Court precedents, says Picarello, who would argue on behalf of the Washington, D.C.-based Becket Fund for Religious Liberty in favor of a faith-based rehabilitation program for Iowa prisoners.