Joe Biden hails Sandra Day O’Connor as ‘American pioneer’ in eulogy

President praised the first female US supreme court justice in pointed remarks at the Washington funeral

Joe Biden hailed Sandra Day O'Connor as an American pioneer" who embodied principle over politics in his eulogy at the Washington funeral of the US supreme court's first female justice.

The president praised O'Connor for breaking down barriers in the legal and political worlds, transcending political divisions and weighing ordinary people in her decision-making in pointed remarks that contrasted sharply with his words about the current supreme court.