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Candidate told she can’t run for Supreme Court, opts for attorney general

Thursday, May 14, 1998 | 5:02 a.m.

O'Connor, 50, knew what to expect when she tried to file for the high court. She attempted the same thing six years ago and was told that state law requires a candidate for the Supreme Court to be an attorney.

But O'Connor, who took her 1992 case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, said the Nevada Constitution doesn't have the law degree requirement, and she still thinks the statutory requirement doesn't hold water.

O'Connor avoided any fee by claiming indigent status in filing for attorney general. She said the IRS seized her home, she gets food stamps and doesn't work, and divides her time between her son's home in Fallon and mother's home in Sparks.

She also said her hassles with government agencies have left her angry.

"Yes, I'm slinging an ax," she said. "I'm angry at the system. It's an elitist system."

O'Connor said she knows a lot about the law even though she's not an attorney. That's good enough for attorney general, since there's no legal or constitutional requirement in Nevada that a candidate be a lawyer.

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