WYOMING — Governor Mark Gordon has ordered United States and Wyoming flags to be flown at half-staff across the state through sunset on Tuesday, Dec. 19, to honor the interment of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Gordon calls this “a mark of respect for the memory and long-standing service” of O’Connor. His edict falls in line with a presidential proclamation by President Joe Biden.
“Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was an American icon, the first woman on our Nation’s highest court,” Biden’s proclamation reads. “She spent her career committed to the stable center, pragmatic and in search of common ground. Defined by her no-nonsense Arizona ranch roots, Justice O’Connor overcame discrimination early on, at a time when law firms too often told women to seek work as secretaries, not attorneys. She gave her life to public service, even holding elected office, and never forgot those ties to the people whom the law is meant to serve.”
O’Connor died on Dec. 1. Her body lay in repose in the Supreme Court’s Great Hall on Monday, Dec. 18, where the public could pay their respects. Her funeral will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 19, at the Washington National Cathedral.
