Sandra Slack Glover

Sandra Slack Glover (born 1970/1971) is an American lawyer from Washington D.C. who is a nominee to serve as an associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.

Sandra Slack Glover
Personal details
Born1970/1971 (age 52–53)[1]
Education

Education

Glover received a Bachelor of Arts with high distinction in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia in 1992, a Master of Arts in political science from Duke University in 1993, and a Juris Doctor with highest honors from the University of Chicago Law School in 1997,[2] where she served as articles editor of the University of Chicago Law Review.[1]

Career

After graduating law school, Glover served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Richard Posner of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and then to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor of the Supreme Court of the United States. She then served as an appellate attorney at the Natural Resources Division at the Department of Justice. She moved to Connecticut in 2002 and was an associate at Wiggin & Dana. In 2004, she joined the U.S. Attorney's office for the District of Connecticut, serving as Chief of the Appellate Unit since 2010.[1] She has been a member of the Connecticut Bar Association since 2003.[3][4]

Nomination to Connecticut Supreme Court

On April 25, 2023, Governor Ned Lamont nominated Glover to be an associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court to the seat vacated by Justice Maria Araújo Kahn, who was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.[1] If confirmed, she will be Lamont's third appointment to the Connecticut Supreme Court, after Christine Keller and Joan K. Alexander.[4]

During her confirmation hearing, she was questioned by the state Judiciary Committee on her support of Amy Coney Barrett, who was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 2017 and later elevated to the Supreme Court of the United States in 2020, because Barrett voted with the majority in Dobbs v. Jackson to overturn Roe v. Wade.[5][6][7] During the hearing, Glover stated that she would not have signed a 2017 letter to leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee supporting Barrett’s nomination if she knew Barrett would later vote to overturn Roe v. Wade abortion protections.[8]

Personal life

Glover lives in Guilford, Connecticut.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Governor Lamont Nominates Sandra Slack Glover to the Connecticut Supreme Court" (Press release). Office of the Governor. April 25, 2023. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
  2. "Sandra Slack Glover Profile | New Haven, CT Lawyer | Martindale.com". www.martindale.com. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
  3. "Sandra Slack Glover". lawyers.justia.com. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
  4. Pazniokas, Mark (April 26, 2023). "Sandra Slack Glover nominated to CT Supreme Court by Gov. Ned Lamont". CT Insider. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
  5. Collins, Dave. "Connecticut High Court Nominee Regrets Supporting Amy Coney Barrett". huffpost.com. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  6. Dixon, Ken (May 15, 2023). "Ned Lamont's Supreme Court nominee faces criticism over past support for Amy Coney Barrett". ctinsider.com. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  7. Pazniokas, Mark (May 15, 2023). "Sandra Slack Glover, picked for CT Supreme Court, quizzed on Roe". ctmirror.org. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  8. Collins, Dave (May 15, 2023). "Connecticut high court nominee regrets signing 2017 letter supporting Amy Coney Barrett". www.apnews.com. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  9. Flores, Saul (April 25, 2023). "Lamont Nominates Guilford Resident Sandra Glover To CT Supreme Court". Guilford, CT Patch. Retrieved April 26, 2023.


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