In Search of the Constitution; 108; Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

Bill Moyers and Sandra Day O’Connor discuss women and the Constitution. Justice O’Connor reveals her own difficulties in breaking into the male-dominated legal profession. She relates how she balanced work and family and how her ascent from assistant attorney in the Arizona State Attorney’s Office to becoming the state’s first female senator, led to her Supreme Court appointment. Citing Constitutional precedents, O’Connor defends several controversial opinions on affirmative action and abortion. Award(s) won: Sidney Hillman Foundation Broadcasting Award, Silver Medal-International Film and Video Festival, American Bar Association-Certificate of Merit IN SEARCH OF THE CONSTITUTION, produced to mark the Constitution’s bicentennial, shows how this brief text has shaped our nation and holds the power to change our lives. No document has sparked as much reverence, discussion, and controversy as the Constitution. But how does it really affect our everyday lives? How do ordinary citizens, legal scholars, and Supreme Court justices interpret it? In-depth interviews with a wide range of experts – including four Supreme Court justices, educator Mortimer Adler, legal philosopher Ronald Dworkin, and Judge Robert Bork – provide not only rich historical detail but also fresh insights on current disputes.