SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR'S "FIRST" PRINCIPLES: A CONSTRUCTIVE VISION FOR AN ANGRY NATION.

During her twenty-five-year tenure on the Supreme Court, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor became one of the most admired figures in American public life. A recent biography by historian and journalist Evan Thomas chronicles her extraordinary personal qualities, remarkable professional journey, and constructive brand of patriotism. In this Book Review, a former O'Connor clerk describes a legacy in three parts: a lived example of how to thrive in the face of challenges, a jurisprudence driven by the courage to make compromises, and a theory about the long game of American democracy. First reintroduces O'Connor's voice at a critical moment in our national conversation. Although First sounds wistful notes about what seems a bygone era, it also contains hopeful lessons about repairing American civic life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]