Reid claims O'Connor had no previous judicial experience

On Sandra Day O'Connor: "I think one reason she was a good judge is she had no judicial experience" before she joined the Supreme Court.
Harry Reid on Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 in a speech on the Senate floor

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Harry Reid is the Majority Leader in the U.S. Senate and a Democrat from Nevada

"One of my favorite Supreme Court Justices in recent years has been Sandra Day O’Connor, not because she’s a Republican, but because she was a good judge. I think one reason she was a good judge is she had no judicial experience," Reid said on May 11, 2010.

O'Connor, who retired from the court 2005, also had a variety of jobs, serving as Deputy County Attorney of San Mateo County, California, and as an Arizona state senator.

In 1975, O'Connor was elected a judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court, where she served until 1979, when she was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals, according to her biography on the U.S. Supreme Court Web site. In 1981, President Ronald Reagan nominated O'Connor to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court.

So, O'Connor had six years of judicial experience before she was nominated for a seat on the highest court.

So Harry Reid --- Are you Kidding?