WASHINGTON (AP) — Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has stepped back from public life. For more than a decade after leaving the court in 2006, O’Connor kept up an active schedule: serving as a visiting ...

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During a recent discussion in Boston, retired Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and David Souter chatted with veteran Supreme Court journalist Linda Greenhouse about how the public image of judges — including Supreme Court justices — has changed over the years.

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It’s 1 a.m., and the phone rings. Who do you expect it to be? For many Nevada residents, the voice on the other end of that middle-of-the-night call was retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.

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Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, a vocal opponent of judicial elections, is touting a new reason why she believes judges should be appointed, not elected: It’s good for business.

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U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy has an interesting idea: Why not allow retired Supreme Court justices to hear cases when a sitting justice has recused?

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Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor predicts that fewer Court justices will attend State of the Union addresses because of the “awkward” position in which it places them.

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