/CHAMBERS OF JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR (RET.)
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington, D. C. 20543

December 22, 2008

The Honorable Randy J. Holland
Supreme Court of Delaware P.O. Box 369
Georgetown, DE 19947

Dear Randy,

Thank you for your letter of December 10, 2008, inviting me to come to Delaware to speak about judicial independence. I would like very much to accommodate your request, but I am afraid that all my available time next Spring has been exhausted. I am sorry, and I wish it were otherwise.

Best wishes to you and Ilona for the holidays and into the New Year.

Sincerely,
Sandra

Sandra Day O’Connor