| 单词 | Rehnquist |
| 例句 | At three o’clock that afternoon, Ben Bradlee got a call from Assistant Attorney General William Rehnquist. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Chief Justice William Rehnquist urged restrictions on death penalty appeals and the endless efforts of lawyers to stop executions. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But it’s still fascinating to her — whether the court is still, as Chief Justice William Rehnquist used to say, the “crown jewel” of our system of government, or something different now. Nina Totenberg was friends with RBG. Got a problem with that? 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z She received four marriage proposals at Stanford, and one, amazingly enough, came from “a lanky Midwesterner with a flattop haircut named William Rehnquist.” An Intimate Portrait of Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman on the Supreme Court 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Before he was confirmed, however, Chief Justice Rehnquist died, and Roberts, in an upgrade, was named to succeed him. The ‘Enigma’ Who Is the Chief Justice of the United States 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z About the only shout-outs missing are to Mr. Morris’s toe fetish and William Rehnquist’s impeachment robe. ‘Clinton: The Musical’ Makes Everybody Look Bad 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z In a 1989 survey by the Washington Post, 54 percent of respondents were familiar with Wapner, but only 9 percent could identify William Rehnquist as U.S. chief justice. 'People's Court' judge Joseph Wapner dies at 97: reports 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z Chief Justice William Rehnquist dissented, arguing that there was nothing narrow or tailored about the program; it was more like a quota, he wrote, “designed to ensure proportionate representation . . . from selected minority groups.” Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Ma entertained Wednesday at the court’s annual spring musical concert in an ornate conference room beneath portraits of Chief Justices Warren Burger and William Rehnquist. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma plays Supreme Court 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z After college, he went on to Harvard Law School and a clerkship with Justice William Rehnquist before Rehnquist became chief justice. The ‘Enigma’ Who Is the Chief Justice of the United States 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z He also lands this scoop: While at Stanford she received a marriage proposal from William Rehnquist. New in Paperback: ‘Mistress of the Ritz’ and ‘No Visible Bruises’ 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z William Rehnquist, a Nixon appointee, was elevated by Ronald Reagan. 'The Case Against the Supreme Court' pushes for reforms 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z The day before she was to start, the school made a last-ditch appeal to Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who rejected it. When the first woman entered The Citadel 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z Rehnquist said in the 1997 decision that this debate must continue, but not in the courts. Where’s our right to die? 2012-07-03T14:30:00Z Schmidt gathered a team to push through the nomination of John Roberts, Bush’s choice to fill the seat of Chief Justice William Rehnquist. We don’t talk about Leonard: The man behind the right’s Supreme Court supermajority 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z The justice did not end up attending because he was at the funeral of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, said a spokeswoman for the Horatio Alger Association. Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z The theory was alluded to by conservative Chief Justice William Rehnquist in the landmark 2000 case Bush v. Supreme Court rejects novel legislative theory but leaves a door open for 2024 election challenges 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Under Roberts’ predecessor as chief justice, William H. Rehnquist, the Supreme Court routinely upheld reasonable campaign finance rules as a means of preventing corruption. Opinion: The Supreme Court was enabling corruption well before the Clarence Thomas scandal 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z He graduated with honors from Harvard Law School and served as a law clerk to Judge J. Michael Luttig before going on to clerk for Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist. The Road to a Supreme Court Clerkship Starts at Three Ivy League Colleges 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Costa, who clerked for the conservative Rehnquist on the Supreme Court, has said he was eager to return to litigation. Trump’s lasting legacy on the judiciary is not just at the Supreme Court 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Mr Hur has also clerked for former Chief Justice William Rehnquist, a conservative jurist who was appointed to the Supreme Court by Ronald Reagan. Biden documents: Who is the special counsel in the Biden probe? 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Seth Waxman, a veteran of more than 80 Supreme Court arguments, once remarked that for Rehnquist: “The red light ended everything - absolutely everything.” At the Supreme Court, it’s taking longer to hear cases 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z And the Rehnquist court had a broad definition of corruption that encompassed rich donors’ power to “call the tune” for elected officials. Opinion: The Supreme Court was enabling corruption well before the Clarence Thomas scandal 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who was chief from 1986 to 2005, was known for cutting off lawyers and even fellow justices when the lawyer’s red light went on. At the Supreme Court, it’s taking longer to hear cases 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, citing the plain text of the Constitution and an 1892 Supreme Court opinion, indicated support for a version of this theory in a Bush v. For John Eastman and Clarence Thomas, an intellectual kinship stretching back decades 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z In that context - a fight over counting ballots in Florida - Rehnquist said the U.S. Analysis: In U.S. Supreme Court elections case, politicians could win either way 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z In the book, Mr. Schenck details how he winked at his brother when the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist read the case name, which included “Reverend.” At hearing, Jim Jordan snares in falsehood Dems’ witness who accused Alito of leaking 2014 ruling 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Gore by then-Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist that said the Constitution’s grant of power to legislatures to oversee elections limited the power of state judges to intervene. Supreme Court to consider fundamental change in elections authority 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Seth Waxman, a veteran of more than 80 Supreme Court arguments, once remarked that for Rehnquist: “The red light ended everything — absolutely everything.” At the Supreme Court, it’s taking longer to hear cases 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z But it was widely dismissed until Chief Justice William Rehnquist raised it in a concurring opinion to the court’s ruling on the disputed 2000 presidential election. Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Far-Reaching Elections Case 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z But three justices — then-Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas — issued a concurring opinion seen as the genesis of what is today called the independent state legislature theory. Republicans' Supreme Court bid to let lawmakers overturn elections could badly backfire on GOP 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Mr. Jordan then revealed a transcript and audio showing Rehnquist did not use the word “Reverend.” At hearing, Jim Jordan snares in falsehood Dems’ witness who accused Alito of leaking 2014 ruling 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Chief Justice Rehnquist seemed to switch positions, for instance, on Miranda v. John Roberts’s Early Supreme Court Agenda: A Study in Disappointment 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Roberts, who became chief after Rehnquist’s death, is less strict, but before the pandemic, arguments were still generally an hour. At the Supreme Court, it’s taking longer to hear cases 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z Rehnquist was richly rewarded for his activism; he quickly rose through the GOP ranks to being appointed by President Nixon in 1972 to the U.S. Republicans pointed a weapon at the heart of our democracy — in 1964. We're feeling it now 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z As Rehnquist put it in his concurrence, "This inquiry does not imply a disrespect for state courts but rather a respect for the constitutionally prescribed role of state legislatures." Republicans' Supreme Court bid to let lawmakers overturn elections could badly backfire on GOP 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z It's particularly famous because the late William Rehnquist, chief justice of the Supreme Court from 1985 to 2005, was an eager participant early in his career. Arizona's attack on voting rights: It's part of a long and ugly tradition 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z But Chief Justice Rehnquist, himself a longtime critic of Miranda, wrote for the majority that the warnings had “become embedded in routine police practice.” Justice Jackson, a Former Law Clerk, Returns to a Transformed Supreme Court 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z In a dissent, Byron “Whizzer” White and William Rehnquist recognized this ulterior motive and where it led. Perspective | College football was betrayed by the adults who were supposed to protect it 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Rehnquist's Arizona arm of Operation Eagle Eye was one of hundreds of such formal and informal Republican voter suppression operations that exploded across the United States in 1964. Republicans pointed a weapon at the heart of our democracy — in 1964. We're feeling it now 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z On the Rehnquist court, in the Bush and Clinton years, that was Sandra Day O’Connor or Anthony M. Kennedy — so much so that wags dubbed that era the O’Kennedy court. Op-Ed: How Chief Justice John Roberts laid the groundwork for the Trump court 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z He quoted late chief justice William H. Rehnquist from a previous ruling: “The Judicial Branch derives its legitimacy, not from following public opinion, but from deciding by its best lights.” Supreme Court goes against public opinion in rulings on abortion, guns 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z He was originally selected to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, but with the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist, Mr. Bush changed course and moved Justice Roberts to the top slot. Chief Justice Roberts strikes own path on abortion ruling 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Garre was a clerk to Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who “used to refer to the job of the chief justice as herding cats.” Ginni Thomas’s emails with Trump lawyer add to tumult at Supreme Court 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z As he had the week before, he praised a previous court — one headed by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and with Justice Stephen G. Breyer as its junior member — as a “fabulous court.” Clarence Thomas says Supreme Court leak has eroded trust in institution 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z Ms. West said she still remembered how Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist’s lecture about confidentiality on her first day had made “your blood run cold.” Supreme Court Leak Inquiry Exposes Gray Area of Press Protections 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z Ironically, Rehnquist — the justice whom Alito cited Friday to argue that public opinion should not affect judicial rulings — had a rather contradictory record on the topic. Supreme Court goes against public opinion in rulings on abortion, guns 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Two months later, as the confirmation hearings were approaching, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist died. Once Close Allies, Roberts and Alito Have Taken Divergent Paths 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, himself a longtime critic of Miranda, wrote for the majority that the warnings had “become embedded in routine police practice” and had “become part of the national culture.” Supreme Court Debates Whether Miranda Warnings Are a Constitutional Right 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z It ended with the appointment of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. after Rehnquist’s death in 2005, and now Thomas and Breyer, who retires at the end of the term, remain. Clarence Thomas says Supreme Court leak has eroded trust in institution 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z Chief Justice John Roberts, who was a law clerk for Rehnquist more than 40 years ago, said his former boss “didn’t say Miranda is in the Constitution. He talked about constitutional underpinnings, constitutional basis.” Court hears case over deputy who didn’t read Miranda rights 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z He also participated in the 1986 hearing to elevate Justice William Rehnquist to the position of chief justice of the United States. Jackson confirmation takes Biden political story full circle 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Mitchell then announced he was going to have a Justice Department lawyer named William Rehnquist convene a grand jury to look into the "crimes" that right-wingers were claiming Fortas and his wife had committed. Clarence Thomas must resign from the Supreme Court — and his wife should be prosecuted 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z In 2004 and 2005, when Chief Justice William Rehnquist was suffering from thyroid cancer and was not on the bench for 44 arguments over five months. What we know about Justice Clarence Thomas’ hospitalization 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z The other two Republican-appointed justices on the court, Anthony Kennedy and Sandra Day O’Connor, declined to join Rehnquist’s concurrence, even as they voted to stop the counting and give George W. Bush the win. Opinion | The Supreme Court Did the Right Thing. I’m Still Worried. 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z On the other hand, several justices noted that Rehnquist seemed to choose his words carefully in that opinion. Court hears case over deputy who didn’t read Miranda rights 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Biden also participated in the 1986 hearing to elevate Justice William Rehnquist to the position of chief justice of the United States. Biden’s past Supreme Court experience helped inform choice 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z It has also been a key stop along the way for other, more conservative Supreme Court justices, including the late Justice Antonin Scalia and the late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist. On the California Supreme Court, Leondra Kruger is known for her ‘persuasive powers’ among the justices 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Rehnquist voted in most of the cases for which he did not attend the arguments. What we know about Justice Clarence Thomas’ hospitalization 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z But the conservative majority at the time also included Anthony Kennedy, another moderate, along with Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia and Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Breyer leaves a court more conservative than one he joined 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Rehnquist would later be elevated by President Ronald Reagan to become chief justice — meaning that Nixon appointees held the position of chief justice for more than 36 years. Ginni Thomas would not be the first Supreme Court spouse to imperil a justice 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z The justice straddled two eras of the court, the William Rehnquist years and the Roberts era. Breyer: a pragmatic approach searching for a middle ground 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z As Democratic poll watcher Lito Pena observed at the time, Rehnquist showed up at a southern Phoenix polling place to do his part in Operation Eagle Eye: GOP's new voter suppression tactic is also an old one: "Election police" 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z An appeals court and Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist then rejected Mr. Packwood’s request to stay that order while he appealed. Jan. 6 Inquiry Weighs a Major Escalation: Subpoenaing Colleagues 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z His mentor and predecessor, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, had a similar goal but lacked the votes, or perhaps the will, to see it to completion. Opinion | The Supreme Court, Weaponized 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z The cases were argued in December 1971, just before Powell and William Rehnquist were confirmed by the Senate and installed on the court. The unknown Supreme Court clerk who single-handedly created the Roe v. Wade viability standard 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z Roberts was a law clerk to Justice William Rehnquist in 1981, when the court moved quickly to decide a case that was related to the release of the American hostages in Iran. Speed of Texas abortion cases has few high court precedents 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Rehnquist was richly rewarded for his activism; he quickly rose through the GOP ranks to being appointed by President Nixon, in 1972, to the U.S. GOP's new voter suppression tactic is also an old one: "Election police" 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z "Rehnquist's dubious theory has not yet commanded a majority of the Court, but sad to say, it has struck the fancy of several justices," Litman observes. Law professor warns of supreme court meddling in future elections 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z There needed to be “play in the joints,” Rehnquist wrote, connecting the First Amendment’s two religion clauses, one that protects the free exercise of religion and the other that prohibits religious “establishment” by the government. Opinion | The Supreme Court, Weaponized 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z By court tradition, since Powell and Rehnquist did not sit for oral argument, they were precluded from taking part in deciding the cases. The unknown Supreme Court clerk who single-handedly created the Roe v. Wade viability standard 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z Rehnquist wrote the court’s opinion, which was issued eight days after arguments. Speed of Texas abortion cases has few high court precedents 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Bush rewarded Roberts by putting him on the court as chief justice when Rehnquist died. GOP's new voter suppression tactic is also an old one: "Election police" 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z Gore, Chief Justice William Rehnquist, along with Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, hinted at a radical reading of the Constitution that, two decades later, undergirds many of the court challenges on behalf of Trump. DOJ notes revealed: Trump's coup was longer in the making than we thought 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z William Rehnquist, joined by Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas — tried to overturn the Florida Supreme Court's interpretation of the state's own election law. Donald Trump's angry at Brett Kavanaugh — but this court is a huge win for the far right 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z But in June 1972, Burger, worried that such an important ruling would be handed down by a partial court, sought to reargue the cases with Powell and Rehnquist participating. The unknown Supreme Court clerk who single-handedly created the Roe v. Wade viability standard 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the late Justice William Rehnquist both missed arguments during the last year of their lives due to health issues, though neither faced questions about their mental capacity. Biden’s Supreme Court commission gives liberals chance to curtail lifetime appointments 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z Rehnquist's Arizona arm of Operation Eagle Eye was one of hundreds of such formal and informal Republican voter suppression operations that exploded across the United States that year. GOP's new voter suppression tactic is also an old one: "Election police" 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z In its unanimous opinion written by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, the court said whether an officer used a proper level of force had to be viewed from the officer’s perspective. EXPLAINER: How is ‘reasonableness’ key to Chauvin’s defense? 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z In 1960, future Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist helped launch Operation Eagle Eye, a poll watching operation that critics say was designed to intimidate Latino voters. As voting fight moves westward, accusations of racism follow 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z The late Chief Justice William Rehnquist repeatedly cautioned against packing the court. ‘Bad idea’: Supreme Court justices condemn expansion efforts 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z "He took the Mueller report, in the words of William Rehnquist, he wrenched their words from their proper context, he lied in front of the House and the Senate, committed perjury," Scarborough said. Joe Scarborough shreds Bill Barr after "perjury" exposed in new report: "He lied through his teeth" 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z Rehnquist wrote that the “controversy . . . involves a political question” and that “the word ‘sole’ indicates that this authority is reposed in the Senate and nowhere else.” An explainer: The debate over whether the Senate can hear Trump’s impeachment 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Gore, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist had argued that Florida court orders dictating recount procedures violated the constitutional clause that gives state legislatures the power to set the terms for selecting electors. 77 Days: Trump’s Campaign to Subvert the Election 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z Gore, Chief Justice William Rehnquist had argued that Florida court orders dictating recount procedures violated the constitutional clause that gives state legislatures the power to set the terms for selecting electors. 77 Days: Trump’s Campaign to Subvert the Election 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z In a 1984 speech, Rehnquist said that while presidents appoint jurists who share their political and social views, a judge may “change his way of looking at things when puts on the robe.” ‘Bad idea’: Supreme Court justices condemn expansion efforts 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z Some of the facts you showcase are shocking: How Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist worked in voter suppression in his early Republican career. 'All In' sheds light on flaws in the system, finds hope in fighting voter suppression 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z Trump gets stature with Sen. Ted Cruz, who clerked for former Chief Justice William Rehnquist and promises to argue this current case in the Supreme Court, if it gets that far. Recent Missouri editorials 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z Rehnquist's argument hinged on a narrow reading of the U.S. Why Bush v. Gore Still Matters in 2020 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z “As Chief Justice Rehnquist persuasively explained in Bush v. Gore, the text of the Constitution requires federal courts to ensure that state courts do not rewrite state election laws.” One theory by one justice binds together Supreme Court’s contradictory election opinions 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z But Rehnquist’s was not the opinion of the court in the case; it was from a concurring opinion joined by only two other justices. Kavanaugh’s Bush v. Gore citation draws scrutiny ahead of another divisive election 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z In a footnote, he approvingly cited former Chief Justice William Rehnquist's concurring opinion in the infamous 2000 election case Bush v. Why Brett Kavanaugh's opinion on Wisconsin's mail-in ballots has so many worried 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z After law school he clerked for Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist, an influential conservative who died in 2005. Meet the lawyers behind the upcoming U.S./Google antitrust showdown 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Both statements declared their support for adopting Rehnquist's Bush v. Why Bush v. Gore Still Matters in 2020 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z And Justice Scalia’s landslide confirmation is best viewed in the context of a simultaneous fight Democrats picked with another judge, William H. Rehnquist, whom President Ronald Reagan hoped to elevate to chief justice. A High-Stakes Test for Joe Biden’s Love of Senate Tradition 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z During the visit she also recounted what she called the “Great Yom Kippur controversy” of 1995, when then-Chief Justice William Rehnquist scheduled arguments on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. Ginsburg’s empathy born of Jewish history and discrimination 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Ms. Perry, who also served as a researcher for Chief Justice Rehnquist, said she expected the outpouring for Justice Ginsburg to be exponentially larger. Ginsburg Expected to Lie in Repose at the Supreme Court 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z Roberts’ confirmation was an unusual one, as Bush initially nominated Roberts to replace Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, but then withdrew the nomination following the death of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist. How long each Supreme Court Justice has served on the bench, and how long it took to confirm them 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z Rehnquist's theory poses greater risks to Democrats than Republicans, at least in the near term. Why Bush v. Gore Still Matters in 2020 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z His opinions often included sharp jabs, even mockery, when he disagreed with other justices, including O’Connor, Anthony M. Kennedy, Stephen G. Breyer and even conservative Chief Justice Chief William H. Rehnquist. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, liberal lioness of the Supreme Court and pop culture icon, has died 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z Supreme Court and Flynt was ultimately vindicated in a unanimous decision written by conservative Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Larry Flynt slams Jerry Falwell Jr. for supporting Trump, accuses ex-Liberty University president of 'gross hypocrisy' 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Roberts was recruited to the team by none other than Ted Cruz, then a young and very conservative Harvard-educated lawyer who, like Roberts, had once worked as a clerk for Chief Justice Rehnquist. Don’t count on the Supreme Court to save the November elections 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z Stephen G. Breyer was sworn in as the Supreme Court’s newest justice in a private ceremony at Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist’s Vermont summer home. Today in History 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z The dissenting justices expressed puzzlement and incredulity at Rehnquist's unusual reading of the Presidential Electors Clause. Why Bush v. Gore Still Matters in 2020 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Courts should determine not whether the officer acted with malicious intent, as previous legal doctrine from lower courts had suggested, but whether he behaved “reasonably,” under the circumstances, Rehnquist wrote. Opinion | A 1989 Supreme Court ruling is unintentionally providing cover for police brutality 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote that the Commerce Clause could not support a ban on guns near schools and playgrounds even though gun sales often involve interstate transactions. Corporate coronavirus liability immunity faces serious obstacles 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist, appears to be politically driven, legal analysts said. Trump’s fossil fuel agenda gets pushback from federal judges 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z Chief Justice William Rehnquist missed 44 arguments when he was dealing with the thyroid cancer to which he eventually succumbed in 2005. SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Chatty Thomas breaks with precedent 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z It excavated Rehnquist's theory and held it out as the correct reading of the Constitution. Why Bush v. Gore Still Matters in 2020 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Rehnquist’s opinion did not even mention race; it reported Graham’s injuries and distress, but in bare-bones language. Opinion | A 1989 Supreme Court ruling is unintentionally providing cover for police brutality 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z The 1980s and 1990s saw some shift back, as the Rehnquist court sought to prevent continuing erosion. As Washington stumbled, governors stepped to the forefront 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z Chief Justice William Rehnquist used to cut lawyers off mid-sentence when the red light went on. Black robes or bathrobes? Virus alters high court traditions 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z The arguments got off to an awkward start when Chief Justice William Rehnquist called the court to order. Where science enters the courtroom, the Daubert name looms large 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z No other justice joined Kavanaugh's concurrence, but just two days later, three of them would join him in extolling the virtues of Rehnquist's theory. Why Bush v. Gore Still Matters in 2020 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Bush then appointed him to the Supreme Court in 2005, taking the place of Chief Justice William Rehnquist, for whom he had previously served as a clerk. Who are the 9 justices of the Supreme Court? 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z After the conclusion of the five-week impeachment trial of President Clinton in 1999, the majority leader presented Chief Justice William Rehnquist with a Golden Gavel for his time spent presiding over the trial. McConnell announces he will award Chief Justice Roberts the 'Golden Gavel' 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Former Chief Justice of the United States William Rehnquist received the same award after presiding over President Bill Clinton's 1999 impeachment trial. Senate acquits Trump on abuse of power, obstruction of Congress charges 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z But Rehnquist rarely showed up for the speeches, and Roberts once related that Rehnquist missed one State of the Union because it conflicted with the watercolor class he was taking at the local YMCA. Sans gavel, Roberts, 3 other justices expected at speech 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z The approach embodied in the Rehnquist concurrence, known to lawyers as the independent state legislature doctrine, is one of many tools "that is making it harder for other actors to protect voting rights." Why Bush v. Gore Still Matters in 2020 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z During the 1999 impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, Chief Justice William Rehnquist opted not to attend Clinton's State of the Union. These 4 Supreme Court justices are expected to attend the State of the Union 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z The question never arose for Chief Justice William Rehnquist during Clinton’s impeachment trial. Chief Justice Roberts’ role now less substitute teacher, more judge 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z He noted that transcripts from the Clinton trial show that a similar request by Chief Justice William Rehnquist was met with laughter from within the chamber. Question time: What’s next in Trump’s impeachment trial 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Roberts’ predecessor, Chief Justice William Rehnquist, was not present for the State of the Union speech President Bill Clinton delivered during his Senate impeachment trial in 1999. Sans gavel, Roberts, 3 other justices expected at speech 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z In his concurrence, however, Rehnquist claimed to have identified an exception to this rule in the context of state laws governing presidential elections. Why Bush v. Gore Still Matters in 2020 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z When President Bill Clinton was tried in the Senate in 1999, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist used his authority sparingly, leaving most questions to the Senate to decide. Schiff, Calling Trump ‘Wrathful and Vindictive,’ Sees Tweet as a Threat 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z Rehnquist told the House managers "to refrain from referring to the senators as jurors." What to think when you’re thinking about impeachment 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z It’s the same space used by Chief Justice William Rehnquist in 1999. Chief justice juggles 2 jobs in overseeing impeachment trial 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Temperamentally, Roberts is likely to follow the example of Rehnquist, for whom he clerked. Opinion | What impeachment watchers are getting wrong about John Roberts’s role 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z This week, Rehnquist's theory not only received the imprimatur of four sitting justices; it saw its scope expand. Why Bush v. Gore Still Matters in 2020 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist worked out of the same room, just outside a set of doors to the Senate chamber that are inaccessible to the public and the news media, during Mr. Clinton’s trial. Dust Off the Impeachment Tables, a Senate Trial Is Underway 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z The late Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who oversaw President Clinton’s trial, was a fan of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas and festooned his robe with four gold stripes to mimic the Lord Chancellor in “Iolanthe.” Trade deals, Trump impeachment trial showcase 'Washington whiplash' at its finest 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Roberts will make his own way, but Wineapple, like most other experts, believes he will hew more closely to the Rehnquist approach. With stakes beyond task at hand, John Roberts takes central role in Trump’s impeachment trial 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z In contrast to Chase, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist was a model of restraint in presiding over President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial. Opinion | What impeachment watchers are getting wrong about John Roberts’s role 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Gore, the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist, joined by Scalia and Thomas, authored a concurring opinion offering "additional grounds" for putting an end to the Florida ballot recount. Why Bush v. Gore Still Matters in 2020 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Roberts has a ready model he can follow: Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who never became the center of attention when he presided over President Bill Clinton’s Senate trial. John Roberts likely to play modest role in impeachment trial 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z More than a century later, at the second presidential impeachment trial, of President Bill Clinton in 1999, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist did as little as possible. Trump’s Impeachment Trial a Perilous Duty for Chief Justice 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Roberts, who was a law clerk for Rehnquist in 1980, is “always thinking about the long view of history, what came before and what comes after,” Wineapple said. With stakes beyond task at hand, John Roberts takes central role in Trump’s impeachment trial 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Rehnquist was never overruled — because he rarely ruled. Opinion | What impeachment watchers are getting wrong about John Roberts’s role 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, presiding over the trial of President Bill Clinton in 1999, took a far more hands-off approach. Opinion | John Roberts won’t save the country from Trump 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z The court, with Chief Justice William Rehnquist writing for the majority, ruled against him. Perspective | The Supreme Court can review an unfair impeachment trial 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Years later, reflecting on his role in the Clinton impeachment trial, Chief Justice Rehnquist was self-deprecating, borrowing a line from “Iolanthe,” a favorite Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera. Trump’s Impeachment Trial a Perilous Duty for Chief Justice 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Among those Roberts is turning to for advice in preparation for his new role is his counselor, Jeffrey P. Minear, and James Duff, who was Rehnquist’s top aide during Clinton’s trial. With stakes beyond task at hand, John Roberts takes central role in Trump’s impeachment trial 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z In addition to Rehnquist, he clerked for the legendary appeals court judge Henry J Friendly, and then he served in the White House counsel’s office under Ronald Reagan. John Roberts: justice once labelled a 'disaster' by Trump to oversee impeachment trial 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Rehnquist sided with Harkin, concluding that “the Senate is not simply a jury; it is a court in this case.” Opinion | John Roberts won’t save the country from Trump 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z In the 1980s, then-Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist would complain that the court had bungled things by citing Jefferson as the expert, calling the wall language a “misleading metaphor.” Founding fathers never discussed wall of separation between church and state 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Chief Justice Rehnquist’s most memorable choice at the impeachment trial was sartorial. Trump’s Impeachment Trial a Perilous Duty for Chief Justice 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z He has a ready model he can follow: Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who never became the center of attention when he presided over President Bill Clinton’s Senate trial. Roberts will tap his inner umpire in impeachment trial 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Now Roberts, who was once a law clerk to Rehnquist, gets his turn at history. Chief Justice Roberts poised for starring role in a Trump impeachment trial 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z After the trial had ended, Rehnquist spoke with satisfaction about his limited role. Opinion | John Roberts won’t save the country from Trump 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Jones, in which the court under another conservative chief justice, William Rehnquist, unanimously rejected President Bill Clinton’s claim of privilege. Opinion | Will the Supreme Court Protect Trump? 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Chief Justice Rehnquist’s friends said the stripes were a refreshing bit of whimsy, but others wondered if they fit the gravity of the occasion. Trump’s Impeachment Trial a Perilous Duty for Chief Justice 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Like Rehnquist, Roberts has virtually no experience running a trial, as opposed to the appellate proceedings at the Supreme Court. Roberts will tap his inner umpire in impeachment trial 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Rehnquist issued important rulings guiding senators on impeachment procedures. Chief Justice Roberts poised for starring role in a Trump impeachment trial 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z The closest Rehnquist came to a substantive ruling was when Iowa Democrat Tom Harkin objected to House managers calling the senators “jurors.” Opinion | John Roberts won’t save the country from Trump 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Indeed, then-Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist ruled in the Clinton impeachment that “the Senate is not simply a jury; it is a court in this case.” Opinion | Russ Feingold: Senators have a duty to keep an open mind on impeachment 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Chief Justice Roberts is likely to follow the example set by the predecessor, for whom he served as a law clerk in 1980 and 1981 before Justice Rehnquist was elevated to chief justice in 1986. Trump’s Impeachment Trial a Perilous Duty for Chief Justice 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Rehnquist had his top aide at the court, James Duff, and at least one law clerk on hand. Roberts will tap his inner umpire in impeachment trial 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z He may rely on the Rehnquist Model: how former Chief Justice William Rehnquist deftly handled the 1999 impeachment trial of President Clinton. Chief Justice Roberts poised for starring role in a Trump impeachment trial 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Imagine if Rehnquist, named to the Supreme Court by one Republican president and elevated to chief justice by another, had ruled repeatedly against a Democratic president. Opinion | John Roberts won’t save the country from Trump 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z And Rehnquist’s assistant during that trial is now a close aide to Roberts. What we know and don’t know about how a Senate impeachment trial will work 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Chief Justice Rehnquist was a student of impeachment trials, and he wrote a history of them, “Grand Inquests,” which was published in 1992. Trump’s Impeachment Trial a Perilous Duty for Chief Justice 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Roberts runs a more flexible Supreme Court than Rehnquist, who would cut off lawyers mid-sentence when the red light came on to show their time was up. Roberts will tap his inner umpire in impeachment trial 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Rehnquist was seen as giving senators latitude in deciding the shape of Clinton’s trial. Possible partisan battles in Senate over Trump impeachment trial previewed 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Rehnquist, on the other hand, was unobtrusive save for the gold stripes on the sleeves of his judicial robe. Sticky impeachment trial questions: How long? Who testifies? 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z “Chief Justice Rehnquist demonstrated a great sensitivity to adhering to and respecting Senate procedures and precedents,” Gerhardt wrote. Can Trump challenge his impeachment in the Supreme Court? 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z “I think Rehnquist figured out he wanted to leave as small a footprint as possible,” said Michael Gerhardt, an impeachment expert at the University of North Carolina School of Law. Senate impeachment trial to test chief justice who has tangled with Trump 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Rehnquist looked back on his role in the Clinton trial with a smile. Roberts will tap his inner umpire in impeachment trial 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Rehnquist balanced his job at the court with his duties across the street at the Capitol, though the court was not in session for most of Clinton’s trial. What a Trump impeachment trial might look like 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Roberts is more likely to follow the quiet lead of Rehnquist, for whom he worked as a Supreme Court law clerk, said Neal Katyal, author of “Impeach: The Case Against Donald Trump.” Sticky impeachment trial questions: How long? Who testifies? 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z For instance, Rehnquist asked, what would happen if the chief justice died and Congress “created the office of vice chief justice?” Can Trump challenge his impeachment in the Supreme Court? 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z Rehnquist, who had written a book about impeachment that focused in part on Johnson’s trial, knew the role was limited. Senate impeachment trial to test chief justice who has tangled with Trump 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Writing for a unanimous court, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist held that the word “sole” ousted the judiciary any review of the trial. Opinion | The House doesn’t have to be ‘fair’ in its probe. But it should give Trump due process. 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z Walter Dellinger, an attorney arguing the case, said the lawyers were notified that Rehnquist would leave early, but nothing was said in the courtroom. What a Trump impeachment trial might look like 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z A Senate trial against Clinton commenced on Jan. 7, 1999, and unfolded over four weeks, with Chief Justice William Rehnquist presiding. Past impeachment proceedings: 2 acquittals, 1 resignation 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Years later, reflecting on his role in the Clinton impeachment trial, Rehnquist was self-deprecating, borrowing a line from a favorite Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. Can Trump challenge his impeachment in the Supreme Court? 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z And when he presided over the Clinton impeachment, Rehnquist emphasized the complete role the Senate played in determining the rules of the hearing. Senate impeachment trial to test chief justice who has tangled with Trump 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z In a 2003 speech, former chief justice William H. Rehnquist put it like this: “Chase was one of those people who are intelligent and learned, but seriously lacking in judicial temperament.” Only one Supreme Court justice has ever been impeached. His nickname was Old Bacon Face. 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z In the Clinton trial, Chief Justice William Rehnquist stayed above the political fray. What a Trump impeachment trial might look like 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z In response, North Carolina pointed to a pair of Supreme Court decisions from the 1990s, when the court, led by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, reinvigorated principles of federalism. Blackbeard’s Ship Heads to Supreme Court in a Battle Over Another Sort of Piracy 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z Rehnquist’s statement had particular force, as he was a student of impeachment. Can Trump challenge his impeachment in the Supreme Court? 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z Rehnquist did try to exert his authority in other ways. Senate impeachment trial to test chief justice who has tangled with Trump 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Over 10 days, senators heard from more than 50 witnesses, according to Rehnquist. Only one Supreme Court justice has ever been impeached. His nickname was Old Bacon Face. 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z On one day, when the court heard arguments and the trial was in session, Rehnquist ducked out about 10 minutes early during arguments over electoral districts in North Carolina. What a Trump impeachment trial might look like 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z As it moved to the right in the early 1990s under Chief Justice William Rehnquist, Stevens became the leader of the court’s liberal faction. Trump, justices pay respects to late U.S. jurist Stevens 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z In 1999, Rehnquist presided over the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton. Can Trump challenge his impeachment in the Supreme Court? 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z One of the few objections Rehnquist ruled on was a senator’s concern about House members referring to senators as the equivalent of jurors. Senate impeachment trial to test chief justice who has tangled with Trump 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z And a precedent had been set, Rehnquist said, that “a judge’s judicial acts may not serve as a basis for impeachment.” Only one Supreme Court justice has ever been impeached. His nickname was Old Bacon Face. 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z I had the privilege of interviewing with him for a clerkship once, and then observing him up close for a year as I clerked for Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Opinion | The Flaws of the Great Justice Stevens 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z That continued when Roberts replaced Rehnquist in 2005, with the justices often sharply divided on social issues such as abortion. Trump, justices pay respects to late U.S. jurist Stevens 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z Rehnquist used his opinion in the case to reflect on presidential impeachments, although he could not have known he would preside over the trial of the second one in the nation’s history. Can Trump challenge his impeachment in the Supreme Court? 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z The objection, Rehnquist said, is “well taken, that the Senate is not simply a jury; it is a court in this case.” Senate impeachment trial to test chief justice who has tangled with Trump 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z “There’s all sorts of quirky reasons to explain choices,” said law professor Todd Peppers, who wrote a book about clerking and noted that Chief Justice William Rehnquist liked clerks who played tennis. Ex-Marine, professor, MLB draft pick among high court clerks 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z The justices buried at Arlington include four chief justices: William Howard Taft, who served on the court after his single term as president, Earl Warren, Warren Burger and William H. Rehnquist. Stevens to be 13th Supreme Court justice buried at Arlington 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z But with the elevation of William Rehnquist to chief justice in 1986, and the addition of more conservative justices, Stevens came be viewed by many political observers as a "transformed" liberal. John Paul Stevens remembered as 'judge's judge,' with original approach to law 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z There were particularly good reasons for the Supreme Court to stay out of the impeachment process, Rehnquist wrote, “if the president were impeached.” Can Trump challenge his impeachment in the Supreme Court? 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z Bauer said he would be surprised if Roberts’s approach were any different from Rehnquist’s, calling the chief justice an “institutionalist” whose primary concern is that the Supreme Court appear nonpartisan and neutral. Senate impeachment trial to test chief justice who has tangled with Trump 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z For a dozen years after, he proved adept at drawing swing votes from Republican appointees Sandra Day O’Connor and Anthony Kennedy, often frustrating conservative Chief Justice William Rehnquist. John Paul Stevens evolved into Supreme Court’s liberal lion 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Also buried in Section 5 are Rehnquist and Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. William O. Douglas, the court’s longest-serving justice with 36 years on the bench, is also there. Stevens to be 13th Supreme Court justice buried at Arlington 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z For a dozen years after, he proved adept at drawing swing votes from Republican appointees Sandra Day O’Connor and Anthony Kennedy, often frustrating conservative Chief Justice William Rehnquist. John Paul Stevens evolved into Supreme Court’s liberal lion 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Rehnquist said the matter was a “political question,” meaning that it was for the Senate to decide how to conduct its impeachment trials. Can Trump challenge his impeachment in the Supreme Court? 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z It tells us that Justices Rehnquist, Scalia and Thomas have a rather distinctive view of the United States Constitution. Party of relentless bad faith: How Republican lies and hypocrisy hit an all-time high 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z Rehnquist’s draft opinion said that “the Court was mistaken in Roe when it classified a woman’s decision to terminate her pregnancy as a ‘fundamental right.’ The last time the Supreme Court was invited to overturn Roe v. Wade, a surprising majority was unwilling 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Rehnquist was the last justice to be buried at the cemetery, in 2005. Stevens to be 13th Supreme Court justice buried at Arlington 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z “From the viewpoint of history, it is clear that our political discourse would have been considerably poorer without them,” Rehnquist wrote. Exhibit highlights cartoonists’ focus on First Amendment 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z Reagan ordered the use of executive privilege three times, including to prevent the disclosure of memos written by his Supreme Court nominee, William Rehnquist, when Rehnquist was employed by the Department of Justice. Trump invokes executive privilege over Mueller report: here's how it works 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z Roark couldn’t believe that the Supreme Court had been adequately informed of the N.S.A.’s transgressions, and she decided to alert Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, sending a message through a family friend. Thomas Drake vs. the N.S.A. 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z But when she greeted a friend of her son who was soon to begin a clerkship for Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist, her mood shifted. Review | The female Supreme Court justice who led the way for others 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z In a 6-3 opinion led by Justice William H. Rehnquist, the Supreme Court ruled that the point system did not meet the standards of strict scrutiny established in previous cases. A Timeline of Key Supreme Court Cases on Affirmative Action 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z In June,1983, six Justices voted to knock down Akron’s restrictions, while three—O’Connor, William Rehnquist, and Byron White—voted to uphold them. How the Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Helped Preserve Abortion Rights 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Conservative Chief Justice William Rehnquist’s delivered opinion put forth the precedent that the Fourth Amendment be used to determine whether “officers’ actions are ‘objectively reasonable’ in light of the facts and circumstances confronting them.” He filmed the killing of Eric Garner—and the police punished him for it 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Rehnquist helped decide most of those cases and returned to the bench for the end of the term. Ruth Bader Ginsburg back on bench as Supreme Court resumes hearings 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z The last time a member of the Supreme Court missed any extensive time on the bench was the 2004-05 term, when Chief Justice William Rehnquist missed 44 arguments while battling thyroid cancer. Ginsburg expected to return to Supreme Court bench Tuesday 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z Roberts would have some precedent for calling out: Former Chief Justice William Rehnquist, in the final years of his tenure, didn't make the speech on several occasions. Kavanaugh among justices attending State of the Union, Ginsburg to miss address 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z At the conference, Chief Justice Rehnquist counted five votes to reverse Roe—his own, along with the votes of White, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, and Clarence Thomas—and assigned himself the Court’s opinion. How the Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Helped Preserve Abortion Rights 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Former Chief Justice William Rehnquist missed dozens of oral arguments but still participated in the court’s rulings after he was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2004. Ruth Bader Ginsburg to work from home for second straight week 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z The late Chief Justice William Rehnquist also worked from home and even authored several opinions while undergoing cancer treatment from 2004-05. Ruth Bader Ginsburg's past comments raise questions about Supreme Court retirement 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z This is not unprecedented, as the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist also participated and even authored several opinions while undergoing cancer treatment from 2004-2005. Supreme Court gives no indication when Ruth Bader Ginsburg might return 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z The Hill reported that the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist missed oral arguments in 44 cases during his own cancer treatment, and still managed to write for the majority in four of them. Ginsburg misses second day of arguments, sparking some concern about recovery: report 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z But some justices say they miss the “old chief” — Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, his predecessor, who had a knack for not taking himself too seriously. Roberts, Leader of Supreme Court’s Conservative Majority, Fights Perception That It Is Partisan 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z Decades ago, they were allowed three minutes, but Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who was not known for his patience, thought that too generous. The Stories Behind the Supreme Court’s Class Photos 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z And Kavanaugh quoted the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist's 1972 warning against striking down laws "based upon notions of policy or morality suddenly found unacceptable by a majority of this court." In Control: Five issues where Justice Kavanaugh could be the decider 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z In his book on the Constitution, Rehnquist described Marbury as “the linchpin of our constitutional law.” Opinion | Matthew Whitaker is a crackpot 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Mrs O'Connor, 88, who was nominated to serve on the Supreme Court in 1981 by President Ronald Reagan, was a "study buddy" with Rehnquist during their time at Stanford Law School, Mr Thomas writes. Supreme Court marriage proposal revealed 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Rehnquist graduated and in a March 29 letter, wrote: “To be specific, Sandy, will you marry me this summer?” Biographer finds dissent in future justice’s proposal 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Rehnquist, who would eventually become chief justice of the United States, dated O’Connor when the two attended Stanford Law School. Sandra Day O'Connor was proposed to by late Supreme Court chief justice, biographer reveals 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z That idea of judicial independence was, in the oft-quoted words of Chief Justice William Rehnquist, “one of the crown jewels of our system of government.” Justice derailed: How Guantanamo set the stage for the Kavanaugh hearings 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z Roosevelt should have been more patient, letting the court evolve through elections and natural turnover, William H. Rehnquist, then the chief justice, said in a 1996 speech looking back at that era. On the Left, Eyeing More Radical Ways to Fight Kavanaugh 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z According to the author of the biography, before Rehnquist died, he told a friend that his wife Nan was the only woman that he ever loved. Supreme Court marriage proposal revealed 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Roosevelt should instead have been more patient, letting the court evolve through elections and natural turnover, William H. Rehnquist, then the chief justice, said in a 1996 speech looking back at that era. Liberals’ far-reaching goal: Delegitimizing Supreme Court’s conservative majority 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z Although they broke off the relationship, it turns out Rehnquist sent O’Connor a letter in the early 1950s, telling her he needed to talk to her about “important things,” biographer Evan Thomas told NPR. Sandra Day O'Connor was proposed to by late Supreme Court chief justice, biographer reveals 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z By contrast, the Rehnquist and Roberts Courts have seen just over 20 percent of their cases be decided by this small margin. The Supreme Court now works for the Republican Party… and this Harvard law professor agrees 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z “Although Roosevelt lost that battle, he eventually won the war by serving three full terms as president and appointing eight of the nine members of the court,” Chief Justice Rehnquist said. On the Left, Eyeing More Radical Ways to Fight Kavanaugh 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z “In class after class, I stood with Rehnquist. That often meant . . . that I stood alone,” Kavanaugh said in a speech last year. The rise and the reckoning: Inside Brett Kavanaugh’s circles of influence 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z “Although Roosevelt lost that battle, he eventually won the war by serving three full terms as president and appointing eight of the nine members of the Court,” Rehnquist said. Liberals’ far-reaching goal: Delegitimizing Supreme Court’s conservative majority 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z Jay O’Connor, her son, told NPR he was “surprised” to learn about the marriage proposal from Rehnquist although he and his siblings knew the two justices had once been a couple. Sandra Day O'Connor was proposed to by late Supreme Court chief justice, biographer reveals 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Wade as an example of former Chief Justice William Rehnquist’s “massive and enduring impact on American law.” At Times, Kavanaugh’s Defense Misleads or Veers Off Point 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z I began with a discussion of Rehnquist’s nomination, and wrote: Brett Kavanaugh’s perjury avalanche — 50 years in the making 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z Leahy noted that Ronald Reagan tried to claim executive privilege to stop documents from William Rehnquist’s service in the Nixon administration from coming out but backed off under bipartisan pressure from the Senate. Analysis | The Daily 202: Kavanaugh hearing offers an ‘unprecedented’ display of the Senate’s institutional decline 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z He also gave a speech last fall in which he lauded former Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist for having dissented in Roe vs. Kavanaugh says he understands the 'real world' importance of Roe vs. Wade abortion ruling 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Before Sandra Day O’Connor and William Rehnquist sat on the Supreme Court, they both had a different kind of decision to make: would she marry him? Sandra Day O'Connor was proposed to by late Supreme Court chief justice, biographer reveals 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Chief Justice Rehnquist had dissented in the case. At Times, Kavanaugh’s Defense Misleads or Veers Off Point 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z In a 2017 speech, Kavanaugh praised several opinions written by former Chief Justice William Rehnquist, including his dissent in Roe v. Factbox: Kavanaugh's view on precedent central to U.S. abortion debate 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z And when Justice Rehnquist was nominated, the committee refused to go forward with hearings until the White House produced records over which it initially indicated it might claim privilege. Supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh faces Senate inquisitors – live updates 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z Please identify the Rehnquist opinions or dissents with which you agreed. Opinion | Brace yourselves for talk of Kabuki 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z In 1986, President Ronald Reagan asserted privilege over Justice Department documents sought by senators as they considered the nomination of William H. Rehnquist for the Supreme Court. Trump to withhold 100,000 pages of Kavanaugh’s White House records 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z At Yale Law, he repeatedly found himself siding with conservative Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist, he recalled in a speech last year to the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute. At Yale, Kavanaugh stayed out of debates at a time of many 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z At Yale Law, he repeatedly found himself siding with conservative Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist, he recalled in a speech last year to the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute. At Yale, Kavanaugh stayed out of debates at a time of many 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z William Rehnquist was active in the Republican Party in Arizona before he became a justice. Brett Kavanaugh: Bush’s intellectual body man 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z In doing so, you noted Rehnquist’s success in “stemming the general tide of freewheeling judicial creation of unenumerated rights.” Opinion | Brace yourselves for talk of Kabuki 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z But Reagan ultimately allowed senators to review a smaller batch of Rehnquist documents to break the impasse, according to the Congressional Research Service. Trump to withhold 100,000 pages of Kavanaugh’s White House records 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z Sandra Day O’Connor, the court’s first female justice, and William Rehnquist dated in law school. Decades of ‘Fancy meeting you here!’ for Gorsuch, Kavanaugh 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z In a speech last year at the American Enterprise Institute, Kavanaugh praised the late Justice Antonin Scalia for applying a principle laid out by Chief Justice William Rehnquist to an EPA case. Top court nominee has long knocked back environmental rules 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z Rehnquist also pushed to reverse Roe in Planned Parenthood v. With scant record, Supreme Court nominee elusive on abortion 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Please elaborate on how, as you told the American Enterprise Institute last year, Rehnquist “righted the ship of constitutional jurisprudence.” Opinion | Brace yourselves for talk of Kabuki 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, a proponent of strong executive power, joined the majority in holding that Congress had foreclosed statutory claims. Opinion | Trump’s security clearance threats could lead to a historic condemnation 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z William Rehnquist, who had worked in the administration, recused himself so it was 8 to 0. Analysis | The Daily 202: Why U.S. v. Nixon matters — now more than ever 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z But it is clear he would look to the approach employed by Scalia and Rehnquist. On abortion and other issues, Kavanaugh’s heroes are more conservative than Kennedy 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z “Rehnquist was not successful in convincing a majority of the justices in the context of abortion,” Kavanaugh said in the speech. With scant record, Supreme Court nominee elusive on abortion 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z In class after class, I stood with Rehnquist.” Opinion | Brace yourselves for talk of Kabuki 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Rehnquist, was, after all, one of the two dissenters in Roe v. Opinion | Kavanaugh looks a lot like some former justices. Just not Anthony Kennedy. 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z “In class after class, I stood with Rehnquist,” Judge Kavanaugh said. Influential Judge, Loyal Friend, Conservative Warrior — and D.C. Insider 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z But Rehnquist did write the majority opinion when the court rejected the right to assisted suicide for the terminally ill. On abortion and other issues, Kavanaugh’s heroes are more conservative than Kennedy 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z In a talk last year to the American Enterprise Institute about William Rehnquist, the conservative chief justice during Kavanaugh’s law-school years, he described himself at the time as a lonely crusader for the right. Trump’s Supreme Court choice? Beltway insider, born and bred 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z As you remembered your time at Yale Law School: “After I read the assigned reading, I would constantly make notes to myself — ‘agree with Rehnquist majority opinion.’ Opinion | Brace yourselves for talk of Kabuki 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Savage reported on one recent speech in which Kavanaugh lauded the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist for dissenting in Roe vs. As Trump brings his distinctive brand of chaos to Europe, the big question is why 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Shooting for the highest rungs of the legal world, he applied to clerk for Chief Justice Rehnquist. Influential Judge, Loyal Friend, Conservative Warrior — and D.C. Insider 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z Rehnquist was successful, Kavanaugh said, “in ensuring that religious schools and religious institutions could participate as equals in society and in state benefits programs.” On abortion and other issues, Kavanaugh’s heroes are more conservative than Kennedy 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z Wade, along with Justice Byron R. White, Rehnquist “ultimately dissented from the court’s 7-2 holding recognizing a constitutional right to abortion,” Kavanaugh said. Kavanaugh, in a speech, lauded late Chief Justice Rehnquist for dissenting in Roe vs. Wade and supporting school prayer 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z And last year, he delivered a lecture praising William Rehnquist, the late chief justice, for helping to dismantle the idea that “a strict wall” separates church and state. Kavanaugh record suggests he would favor religious interests in school debates 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z The only dissent in the decision came from Justice William H. Rehnquist, the court’s most conservative member. How Conservatives Weaponized the First Amendment 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z The only dissent in the decision came from Justice William Rehnquist, the court’s most conservative member. Conservatives embrace powerful tool before Supreme Court: Free speech 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z But when Kavanaugh last September was asked to give a Constitution Day speech, he chose to celebrate his “first judicial hero,” the late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, noting Rehnquist’s dissent in Roe v. On abortion and other issues, Kavanaugh’s heroes are more conservative than Kennedy 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z In 2009, four years after Rehnquist died, the court did not overturn the exclusionary rule but came close. Kavanaugh, in a speech, lauded late Chief Justice Rehnquist for dissenting in Roe vs. Wade and supporting school prayer 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z They stole that seat, but the truth is, Republicans have owned the Supreme Court, with its five-to-four conservative majority, pretty much since Richard Nixon appointed Chief Justice Warren Burger, and Justices Powell, Rehnquist and Blackmun. The white people’s court 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z At first, Kennedy was a steady ally for Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and other conservatives, delighting conservative scholars and confirming the fears of women’s and liberal groups. Anthony Kennedy leaves role as Supreme Court’s tie-breaker 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z The last time a justice’s retirement was announced in court was in June 1987, when Chief Justice William Rehnquist informed a shocked courtroom that Justice Lewis Powell was retiring. Supreme Court has 2 cases left before it begins summer break 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z But he did speak approvingly of Rehnquist’s reasoning. On abortion and other issues, Kavanaugh’s heroes are more conservative than Kennedy 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z He cited five areas—“criminal procedure, religion, federalism, unenumerated rights and administrative law” — where Rehnquist stood fast against the liberals and moved the law to the right. Kavanaugh, in a speech, lauded late Chief Justice Rehnquist for dissenting in Roe vs. Wade and supporting school prayer 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Rehnquist wrote that independent counsel Alexia Morrison qualified as an “inferior officer,” not subject to the appointment process, because her office was “limited in jurisdiction” to “certain federal officials suspected of certain serious federal crimes.” Mueller’s Investigation Crosses the Legal Line 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z Constitution or federal law, but it is "one of the oldest recognized privileges for confidential communications," then-Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist wrote 20 years ago. Attorney-client privilege is a privacy shield, but not for continuing crimes 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Writing the court's decision, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist noted that the opposing lawyers had "vigorously disputed'' the jury instructions. The judge, Rehnquist wrote, "failed to convey the requisite consciousness of wrongdoing. Mueller deputy Andrew Weissmann has a reputation for hard-charging tactics — and sometimes going too far 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z Because there is no stated right to abortion in the Constitution, Rehnquist said new “unenumerated” rights should be recognized only if they were “rooted in the traditions and conscience of our people.” On abortion and other issues, Kavanaugh’s heroes are more conservative than Kennedy 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z “Rehnquist was central in changing the jurisprudence and convincing the court that the wall metaphor was wrong as a matter of law and history,” Kavanaugh said. Kavanaugh, in a speech, lauded late Chief Justice Rehnquist for dissenting in Roe vs. Wade and supporting school prayer 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Indeed, it is striking how little culpability the instructions required,” Mr. Rehnquist wrote. Christopher Wray, Robert Mueller’s top prosecutor, known for hardball tactics 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z On this date in 1986, William Rehnquist of Phoenix is appointed chief justice of the U. S. Supreme Court. Today in Arizona History 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Take it from the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who wrote the opinion in U.S. v. The U.S. Can Get Julian Assange 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z Throughout the speech, Kavanaugh spoke approvingly of Rehnquist’s work, for instance, in reversing efforts to prevent religious institutions from receiving public money. On abortion and other issues, Kavanaugh’s heroes are more conservative than Kennedy 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z In 2002, he noted, Rehnquist wrote the court’s opinion upholding a state law that gave parents tax money to pay for sending their children to religious schools. Kavanaugh, in a speech, lauded late Chief Justice Rehnquist for dissenting in Roe vs. Wade and supporting school prayer 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Justice Sandra Day O’Connor recalled that the former Chief Justice William Rehnquist was inspired by a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta to add gold stripes to one sleeve. North Korea, Turkey, ‘Girls’: Your Monday Briefing 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z He also clerked for Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, which Republicans view as a valuable credential. Meet the Obama Holdovers Who Survived Trump’s Clean Sweep 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z Justice William H. Rehnquist, later the chief justice, was the lone dissenter. William T. Coleman Jr., Who Broke Racial Barriers in Court and Cabinet, Dies at 96 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Correction: An earlier version of this story said Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist served on the Supreme Court starting in 1971. On abortion and other issues, Kavanaugh’s heroes are more conservative than Kennedy 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z Turning to religion, Kavanaugh said Rehnquist had maintained that the “wall of separation between church and state” was a misleading metaphor “based on bad history.” Kavanaugh, in a speech, lauded late Chief Justice Rehnquist for dissenting in Roe vs. Wade and supporting school prayer 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z In the nearly 50 years since, just two justices — William Rehnquist and Samuel A. Alito Jr. — have been the only nominees to face a cloture vote. Schumer: ‘Virtually impossible’ to avoid a filibuster fight on Gorsuch next week 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z The most obvious explanation is that Rehnquist and his supporters did not want us to know his actual record. Gorsuch, Thomas, Rehnquist and beyond: A short history of right-wing lies in Supreme Court confirmation hearings 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z Chief Justice Rehnquist, who died in 2005, took much the same approach at his 1986 confirmation hearing to become chief justice. Avoid, Sidestep, Retreat: Justices’ Advice on Confirmation Tactics 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z Rehnquist was an associate justice before he became chief justice, and Kavanaugh said he began reading his opinions as a conservative first-year law student at liberal Yale Law School. On abortion and other issues, Kavanaugh’s heroes are more conservative than Kennedy 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z “This judge-created rule, in Rehnquist’s view, was beyond the four corners of the 4th Amendment’s text and imposed tremendous costs on society.” Kavanaugh, in a speech, lauded late Chief Justice Rehnquist for dissenting in Roe vs. Wade and supporting school prayer 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z In 1971, Justice Rehnquist was confirmed by a vote of 68 to 26. Four Confirmation Fights That Shaped the Supreme Court 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Those witnesses supporting Rehnquist were purely suppositional in character, and hence provided no true evidence at all. Gorsuch, Thomas, Rehnquist and beyond: A short history of right-wing lies in Supreme Court confirmation hearings 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z At his own first confirmation hearing in 1971, to become an associate justice, Judge Rehnquist retreated. Avoid, Sidestep, Retreat: Justices’ Advice on Confirmation Tactics 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z Rehnquist was “not successful in convincing a majority of the justices in the context of abortion,” Kavanaugh told the American Enterprise Institute. On abortion and other issues, Kavanaugh’s heroes are more conservative than Kennedy 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, he said, “Rehnquist dramatically changed the law of the exclusionary rule” in a 1984 ruling that said evidence should not be excluded if the police relied in “good faith” on a flawed search warrant. Kavanaugh, in a speech, lauded late Chief Justice Rehnquist for dissenting in Roe vs. Wade and supporting school prayer 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Chief Justice Rehnquist always maintained that the memorandum was a reflection of Justice Jackson’s views and not his own. Four Confirmation Fights That Shaped the Supreme Court 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z As with the Arizona voter suppression case, it seems clear that if these issues had been raised in a trial court setting, Rehnquist could not have sustained his claims. Gorsuch, Thomas, Rehnquist and beyond: A short history of right-wing lies in Supreme Court confirmation hearings 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z As Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist wrote, the decision “permits this debate to continue, as it should in a democratic society.” Gorsuch Staunchly Opposes ‘Aid in Dying.’ Does It Matter? 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z More recently, the seat was held by William Rehnquist, a former Jackson law clerk. ‘Justice Scalia’s seat’ has a history going back 150 years 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z In the speech, Kavanaugh said Rehnquist “was my first judicial hero,” noting that he started law school at Yale in 1987, a year after President Reagan had elevated Rehnquist to be chief justice. Kavanaugh, in a speech, lauded late Chief Justice Rehnquist for dissenting in Roe vs. Wade and supporting school prayer 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z The group includes Robert Jackson, the chief U.S. prosecutor at the post-World War II Nuremberg trials, and two men who went on to become Chief Justice: William Rehnquist and Harlan Fiske Stone. 'Justice Scalia's seat' has a history going back 150 years 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z Rehnquist was opposed by a record number of unions and organizations, including the NAACP, and lied about two significant racial aspects of his record. Gorsuch, Thomas, Rehnquist and beyond: A short history of right-wing lies in Supreme Court confirmation hearings 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Roberts was originally nominated for an associate justice seat and was later elevated to chief justice after the death of William H. Rehnquist. Supreme Court Nomination Will Come on Tuesday, Trump Says 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z The group includes Jackson, the chief U.S. prosecutor at the post-World War II Nuremberg trials, and two men who went on to become Chief Justice: William Rehnquist and Harlan Fiske Stone. ‘Justice Scalia’s seat’ has a history going back 150 years 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z Rehnquist had been the court’s lone true conservative for many years, and Kavanaugh said he felt much the same at Yale. Kavanaugh, in a speech, lauded late Chief Justice Rehnquist for dissenting in Roe vs. Wade and supporting school prayer 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z The conservative chief justice William H. Rehnquist, for instance, wrote the decision in a case in 1988 that extended rules protecting criticism of public figures as free speech. Can Libel Laws Be Changed Under Trump? 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z In his two confirmation hearings Rehnquist lied about two separate issues. Gorsuch, Thomas, Rehnquist and beyond: A short history of right-wing lies in Supreme Court confirmation hearings 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z “Victim impact evidence is simply another form or method of informing the sentencing authority about the specific harm caused by the crime in question,” Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist wrote for the 6-to-3 majority. At Charleston Trial, a Question of How Many Tears Are Too Many 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z Since the election, the president-elect also has met with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who clerked for former Chief Justice William Rehnquist, prompting talk about a possible nomination for the onetime presidential rival. Congress ushers in new era of all-Republican rule 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z Later, as chief justice, Rehnquist tried, but failed by one vote, to overrule the abortion decision in the 1992 case of Planned Parenthood vs. Kavanaugh, in a speech, lauded late Chief Justice Rehnquist for dissenting in Roe vs. Wade and supporting school prayer 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z The truth is that Rehnquist and Roberts never trusted Thomas to write an opinion in a big case that could command a majority of even his conservative colleagues. Clarence Thomas’s Twenty-Five Years Without Footprints 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z The first sort of lies most prominently involved Rehnquist and Clarence Thomas. Gorsuch, Thomas, Rehnquist and beyond: A short history of right-wing lies in Supreme Court confirmation hearings 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z Eventually, Rehnquist and his colleagues were asked to leave, and the practice of challenging individual voters – a relic of the Jim Crow-era south – was soon outlawed in Arizona and many other states. Trump's call for 'volunteer election observers' raises voter intimidation fear 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Before his elevation, Justice Rehnquist dissented 21 percent of the time. Court Leader or Leading Dissenter? Chief Justice’s Fate Tied to Election 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z “It is fair to say that Justice Rehnquist was not successful in convincing a majority of justices in the context of abortion, either in Roe itself or in later cases such as Casey,” Kavanaugh said. Kavanaugh, in a speech, lauded late Chief Justice Rehnquist for dissenting in Roe vs. Wade and supporting school prayer 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Justice William Rehnquist described the need for the president to respond with flexibility to “international crises” — as commander in chief and diplomat in chief. The $400 million payment to Iran was American diplomacy at its finest 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z “Since women are excluded from combat,” Justice William Rehnquist wrote for the majority, “Congress concluded that they would not be needed in the event of a draft, and therefore decided not to register them.” Lutherans Armor Up to Defend Women 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Schneiderman failed to note he was quoting a Rehnquist dissent, meaning the law is the opposite of what the AG suggests. The Climate Police Blink 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z “Chief Justice Rehnquist, when he was an associate justice, was often on the losing end of 8-1 votes,” said David Strauss, a law professor at the University of Chicago. Court Leader or Leading Dissenter? Chief Justice’s Fate Tied to Election 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z Most of the judges picked, as Trump’s announcement was careful to note, clerked for conservative supreme court justices like Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia or William Rehnquist. Trump's supreme court picks are a conservative dream come true | Scott Lemieux 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z The young Mr. Roberts, who had served as a law clerk to Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, won the case. When Appointing Friends of Court, Justices Are Friendliest Toward White Men 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z The elevation of Justice Rehnquist and appointment of Judge Scalia were confirmed, but Judge Bork’s nomination was famously defeated by a Democratic Senate in an episode remarkable for its vitriol. The Never-Ending Battle Over How to Read the Constitution 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z While his credentials were unimpeachable — he had graduated from Harvard Law School before serving as a clerk for Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist — he had very little practical legal experience. Ted Cruz Promoted Himself and Conservative Causes as Texas’ Solicitor General 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z “Perhaps in an effort to keep control of opinion assignment, Rehnquist dissented less frequently and, as a result, moved to the left,” Professor Epstein said. Court Leader or Leading Dissenter? Chief Justice’s Fate Tied to Election 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z A second round of argument was scheduled for October 1972 with newly confirmed justices Lewis Powell and William Rehnquist. Only Eight Justices? So What 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Even the former chief justice of the United States, William Rehnquist, was involved in a Republican project back in the 1960s called Operation Eagle Eye, intended to suppress the vote in Arizona. The GOP really is Donald Trump’s party: Republicans bet all their money on White America and now we’re paying the price 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Mr. Cruz, a former Supreme Court clerk to Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, was narrowly seen as the best candidate to handle nominations to the nation’s highest court. Core Groups Hold Steady for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z The tradition was observed most recently after the 2005 death of then chief justice William Rehnquist. Antonin Scalia's funeral in Washington expected to draw thousands 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z A few years after losing the abortion case, Rehnquist, the most solid of conservatives, wrote an opinion upholding the Miranda rule requiring police to warn suspects of their right to remain silent. Scalia's uncompromising style at times limited his impact on the Supreme Court 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z The funeral will be the first for a sitting member of the court since Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist died in 2005 and only the second since Justice Robert H. Jackson died in 1954. Justice Antonin Scalia’s Funeral Lets Washington Pause in Praise 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z At his funeral, Rehnquist was eulogized by former President George W. Bush. Obama Will Not Attend Scalia's Funeral 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z He clerked for Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and argued nine cases before the court as solicitor general of Texas. Ted Cruz Rebuffs Donald Trump Ad Lawsuit Threat 1458-03-26T05:00:00Z The body of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who died in 2005, was the last to lie in repose at the court. Scalia to Lie in Repose at Supreme Court, With Funeral on Saturday 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z The last time a similar ritual played out in Washington was a little more than a decade ago, after the death of the late chief justice William H. Rehnquist. Obama rejects GOP calls to let next president choose Scalia’s successor 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z But he had a connection to and reverence for the Supreme Court, having served as a law clerk to Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist. After a Rocky Start, Ted Cruz Built a Connection to the Supreme Court 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z The body of former Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who died in 2005, was the last to lie in repose at the court. Scalia to Lie in State in Great Hall of the Supreme Court 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Mr. Cruz has long cast himself as a creature of the court: He clerked for the former Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and argued nine Supreme Court cases as the solicitor general of Texas. In Supreme Court Vacancy, Ted Cruz Senses an Opening 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z At that memorial, the surviving justices stood on the front steps of the court to greet Rehnquist’s coffin, which was carried by his former clerks. Scalia to Lie in Repose at Supreme Court, With Funeral on Saturday 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z The last justice to die in office was Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who died of cancer at age 81 in 2005. Obama could fill Supreme Court vacancy with recess appointment 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z All three justices who’ve retired since Rehnquist’s death are still living. Scalia’s death in office a rarity for modern Supreme Court 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z With his stridency and his dogmatism, Justice Scalia was easy to hate which it easier for liberal critics to vent their frustration with the Rehnquist and Roberts Courts with equal stridency and dogmatism. Liberals might miss Justice Scalia more than they think 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z After a testy Senate battle over Rehnquist’s elevation, Justice Scalia sailed through his confirmation hearings and was approved 98 to 0. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia dies at 79 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z He used to enjoy a regular game of poker with the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist and others. U.S. Justice Scalia: outspoken conservative stalwart 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z Before Rehnquist, the last justice to die in office was Robert Jackson in 1954. Obama could fill Supreme Court vacancy with recess appointment 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z The last Supreme Court justice to die while serving was Chief Justice William Rehnquist, 80, in September 2005. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, 79, has died, officials say 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z “If oral argument provides nothing more than a summary of the brief in monologue, it is of very little value to the court,” Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist wrote in 1987. It’s Been 10 Years. Would Clarence Thomas Like to Add Anything? 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z But Mr. Cruz usually reserved his enthusiasm for his unsparing death penalty memos or the late nights when a prisoner from the appeals circuit under Chief Justice Rehnquist’s oversight was slated for execution. As Supreme Court Clerk, Ted Cruz Made Death Penalty His Cause 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z A graduate of Columbia Law School who was a clerk for Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, he arrived in Baghdad in January 2004, when the war effort was at a low ebb. Iran Negotiations Add to Special Envoy’s Reputation as ‘a Doer’ 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z A Princeton graduate and Harvard-trained attorney, Cruz clerked for Chief Justice William Rehnquist at the Supreme Court — the very court he now accuses of "judicial tyranny." Ted Cruz relishes his role as a Washington insurgent _ despite his past as a GOP insider 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z In 1977, for instance, Justice William Rehnquist recused himself for health reasons from sitting on and deciding whether single-sex high schools were unconstitutional. Why the next Supreme Court vacancy will favor liberals, no matter who retires 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Flight, by its very nature, is not ‘going about one’s business’; in fact, it is just the opposite,” Rehnquist wrote. The bad court ruling that let police chase Freddie Gray 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Cruz’s careful planning paid off when, at 25, he began a clerkship with Chief Justice Rehnquist, well known for his support of the death penalty. As Supreme Court Clerk, Ted Cruz Made Death Penalty His Cause 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Epstein and Posner quote former chief justice William H. Rehnquist as contending that “institutional pressures” within the court “weaken and diffuse the outside loyalties of any new appointee.” Justices tend to agree with presidents that pick them — but stray later 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z A onetime clerk for William Rehnquist when he was chief justice, Cruz has characterized recent Supreme Court decisions legalizing same-sex marriage and upholding the Affordable Care Act as “the very definition of tyranny.” Would Cruz be any better than Trump? 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z “The existence of the combat restrictions clearly indicates the basis for Congress’ decision to exempt women from registration,” wrote Justice William Rehnquist in the majority opinion. Why the Pentagon opening all combat roles to women could subject them to a military draft 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z On Sept. 11, 2001, Mr. Coble was leading constituents on a tour of the Supreme Court when Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist handed him a note stating that the Pentagon had come under attack. Howard Coble, North Carolina Republican in U.S. House, dies at 84 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z But Chief Justice Rehnquist often gave the historic decisions to his fellow justices to write, meaning that Mr. Cruz did not get much chance to draft landmark opinions. As Supreme Court Clerk, Ted Cruz Made Death Penalty His Cause 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Mr. Leitch graduated first in his class from the University of Virginia School of Law and clerked for Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist. BofA to Name New General Counsel 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Rehnquist was known as the Lone Ranger when Nixon put him on the court because he was so conservative. Protecting the right to vote: A conversation with Ari Berman 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z He clerked for Chief Justice William Rehnquist and must remember the 1892 case in which a Massachusetts policeman claimed that rules restricting political activity by police violated his constitutional rights. Donald Trump is a malleable mess 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z For years, Rehnquist had openly opposed the major legislative achievements of the civil rights era. A Dream Undone 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z In honor of Chief Justice Rehnquist’s 25th year on the court, Mr. Cruz helped hold a reunion of his 70-plus former clerks. As Supreme Court Clerk, Ted Cruz Made Death Penalty His Cause 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Invoking his time working for Rehnquist, Cruz quoted from the Constitution, the Federalist Papers and Thomas Jefferson while drawing on opinions written by multiple sitting justices. Ted Cruz takes on Supreme Court in bid for Republican voters' attention 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z And I also wanted to talk about Rehnquist, because I don’t think people understand his role in history, how influential he was, and how radical he was. Protecting the right to vote: A conversation with Ari Berman 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Sen. Ted Cruz, who once clerked for former Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, said last week he would propose an amendment to the U.S. Marriage equality opponents: It ain't over 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z By that time, Rehnquist had been named chief justice. A Dream Undone 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Following Earl Warren’s resignation as chief justice in 1969, the court, led by Warren E. Burger and later William H. Rehnquist, reversed course. The Supreme Court swings in favor of criminal defendants 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z After graduating from Harvard Law School, Cruz clerked for conservative Chief Justice William Rehnquist and went on to litigate cases before the court. Ted Cruz takes on Supreme Court in bid for Republican voters' attention 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Both Cruz and Roberts clerked for the former chief justice William Rehnquist. Ted Cruz says US chief justice 'violated his oath' in Obamacare decision 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Justice Rehnquist administered the court in the time of Bush v. - The Washington Post 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z Shortly before Roberts came aboard as a clerk, Rehnquist helped decide a case that would mark the first major legal blow against the Voting Rights Act. A Dream Undone 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z But then Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist died, and President Bush nominated Judge Roberts to take over leadership of the court. Angering Conservatives and Liberals, Chief Justice John Roberts Defends Steady Restraint 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z “If Chief Justice Rehnquist could see this court today, he would be filled with sorrow at what has become of the Supreme Court of the United States.” Legacies of Obama presidency and Roberts court are forever intertwined 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Cruz also said the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist — whom Roberts succeeded — "would be filled with sorrow at what has become of the Supreme Court of the United States." CAPITOL HILL BUZZ: Ted Cruz slams 'rogue justices' 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z This expansion was controversial and, under Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, the Court later restricted the availability of the writ. The Destruction of Defendants’ Rights 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z Rehnquist and his fellow justices did not dispute the logic. A Dream Undone 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z And so the elder Cruz went on to cheer him at big debate tournaments at Princeton, his graduation from Harvard Law School and his clerking for then-Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Rafael Cruz, father of Ted Cruz, stars as 2016 campaign supersurrogate 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z He was not pleased with the first drafts and pressed Blackmun to “re-argue” the cases, allowing two conservatives, Powell and Rehnquist, to take part. Two Things You Don’t Know About Roe v. Wade 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2005, Roberts also referred to Rehnquist, calling him a mentor and friend. CAPITOL HILL BUZZ: Ted Cruz slams 'rogue justices' 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z He clerked with the legendary conservative jurist J. Michael Luttig on a US appeals court and for Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Ted Cruz: Five things to know about the 2016 contender 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z For years, Rehnquist had denounced the rule as constitutionally unsound. Obamacare could end John Roberts’s nonpartisan dream for the Court 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z An office end table displays a small bobblehead collection, which includes one of former Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, for whom he clerked after law school. Ted Cruz seeks role of 'disruptive app'; some colleagues would hit delete 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z With Powell and Rehnquist participating, the vote to re-argue carried. Two Things You Don’t Know About Roe v. Wade 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z “Congress must express clearly its intent to impose conditions on the grant of federal funds,” Rehnquist wrote. The conservative ruling that might save Obamacare 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z My former chief, Chief Justice Rehnquist, was highly critical of the Miranda decision. Exclusive Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg interview: Full transcript 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z A transformation came over Roberts’s predecessor and mentor, William H. Rehnquist, after becoming chief. Obamacare could end John Roberts’s nonpartisan dream for the Court 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z A Harvard-trained lawyer, Young once clerked for the late William Rehnquist, the conservative Supreme Court chief justice. UW loses its top Dawg: Young off to Texas A&M 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z The segments could just as easily have been on one of the broadcast networks: new trends in sentencing for nonviolent offenders, Chief Justice William Rehnquist’s thyroid treatment. The Megyn Kelly Moment 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Rehnquist’s opinion -- and the “clear notice” requirement in it -- marked one of the first instances in decades that the court had restricted federal authority over states. The conservative ruling that might save Obamacare 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z His work there included consulting with Supreme Court chief justices Warren E. Burger and William H. Rehnquist in promoting outreach efforts to all three branches of the federal government. Washington-area obituaries of note 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z As an associate justice, Rehnquist wrote so many solo dissents that his clerks awarded him a Lone Ranger doll. Obamacare could end John Roberts’s nonpartisan dream for the Court 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z And that in turn would have meant, at a minimum, that William Rehnquist’s successor as Chief Justice would have been an appointee of President Gore—quite likely, Mario Cuomo. Mario Cuomo: A Miscarriage of Justice 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z That case was one of the final decisions of the Rehnquist court, a rare win for a death-row defendant. It’s All Right With Sam 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z “It was doctrinal setback,” he said of Rehnquist’s opinion. The conservative ruling that might save Obamacare 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Early in his career, Rehnquist told the legal historian Stanley Katz that he thought there ought to be a requirement that all judicial papers be given to the Library of Congress. The Supreme Paper Caper 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z “Gender-motivated crimes of violence are not, in any sense, economic activity,” Rehnquist wrote. How the Supreme Court turned its back on domestic violence 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Brave women judges and lawyers stood up to Chief Justice Rehnquist, who opposed to the bill because it included a civil rights remedy. 20 Years of Change: Joe Biden on the Violence Against Women Act 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z The core of the federal judiciary was there, with Chief Justice William Rehnquist presiding. Norman Ornstein: Bring the Presidential Succession Act up to date Many legal scholars believe that Roberts, who clerked for Rehnquist at the time he was wrote the Pennhurst decision, has picked up the federalism mantle since he became chief justice in 2005. The conservative ruling that might save Obamacare 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z It appeared to many people that Rehnquist had lied to the Senate. The Supreme Paper Caper 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z The Reagan administration appealed the ruling to the Supreme Court, where Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote for the majority that the case was moot, since the law in question had expired. When Robert Bork called Congress suing the president a ‘monstrosity’ And that is how an officer should be judged after the fact, Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote in the 1989 opinion. AP News in Brief at 10:58 p.m. EDT 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z “Those properties, so beneficial in the economic sphere, pose special dangers in the political sphere,” Justice William Rehnquist wrote in a dissenting opinion from a 1978 ruling that is a precursor to Citizens United. What the Hobby Lobby Ruling Means for America 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z The Medicaid requirement threatened the balance between states and the federal government that Rehnquist had highlighted in his 1981 opinion, Roberts wrote. The conservative ruling that might save Obamacare 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Their replies support the contention that the views Rehnquist expressed in his 1952 memo to Jackson were Rehnquist’s own, not Jackson’s. The Supreme Paper Caper 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z But Rehnquist’s business-friendly turn pales in comparison with Roberts court, which has sided with the Chamber 70 percent of the time. Hobby Lobby Shows Supreme Court Preference for Business Over People 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z “Well,” Mr. Mitchell said, “we don’t want a reluctant candidate. Besides, he has already chosen Bill Rehnquist.” Howard H. Baker Jr., ‘Great Conciliator’ of Senate, Dies at 88 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z The effect, a new study found, is most pronounced among male judges appointed by Republican presidents, like Chief Justice Rehnquist. Judges With Daughters More Often Rule in Favor of Women’s Rights 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z This is particularly grating when he suggests that Scalia pined to replace Rehnquist as chief justice, with no more evidence than contemporaneous press speculation. - The Washington Post If Rehnquist’s letter had been found among Frankfurter’s papers at the Library of Congress, in December, 1971, Snyder and Barrett concluded, it “would have been a bombshell at his Supreme Court confirmation hearings.” The Supreme Paper Caper 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Nixon’s selection – Warren Burger – was a strong conservative who, like his successor, William Rehnquist, left the bench under a Republican president. The Supreme Court Blunder That Liberals Tend to Make 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Toward the end of his tenure, when he was writing an increasing number of dissents on the Rehnquist Court, Brennan was asked if he was getting discouraged. Bill Moyers: ‘We are This Close To Losing Our Democracy’ 2013-12-12T14:13:00Z Chief Justice Rehnquist, who had long championed states’ rights, had not been expected to be sympathetic to the idea. Judges With Daughters More Often Rule in Favor of Women’s Rights 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Chief Justice William Rehnquist in 2002 chose her to lead the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, the secret panel of federal judges that considers government applications for surveillance and searches in intelligence matters. U.S. judge in airline mega-merger once ran Microsoft case 2013-08-15T00:25:35Z When the Senate confirmed Rehnquist’s nomination, Nixon called Rehnquist to congratulate him. The Supreme Paper Caper 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z The court began expanding its role when George W. Bush was president and its members were still assigned by Chief Justice Rehnquist, who died in 2005. Roberts’s Picks Reshaping Secret Surveillance Court 2013-07-26T01:48:55Z Mr. Martens, after graduating first in his class from the University of North Carolina School of Law, was a law clerk to William H. Rehnquist, the conservative former chief justice of the Supreme Court. DealBook: Arsenal of Legal Firepower Masses Around Tourre Trial 2013-07-16T01:19:36Z In a 2003 Supreme Court opinion, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist suddenly turned into a feminist, denouncing “stereotypes about women’s domestic roles.” Judges With Daughters More Often Rule in Favor of Women’s Rights 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Ruger studied selections made by the previous chief justice, William Rehnquist, and found that he selected mostly conservative, Republican judges, reflecting the general population of trial-court judges at the time. The judges who preside over America's secret court 2013-06-21T05:11:38Z About a decade ago, the Rehnquist Court tried to establish guidelines. The Supreme Paper Caper 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Roberts, a 2005 appointee of Republican President George W. Bush and a potential wild card in the current dispute, succeeded Chief Justice William Rehnquist, nearly 30 years his senior and an opponent of gay rights. Gay-marriage cases to define Supreme Court legacy 2013-03-22T05:06:43Z The twenty-first century has seen three justices, O’Connor, Souter and Stevens, resign and only one, Rehnquist, died in office. What the Catholic Church can learn from the Supreme Court 2013-03-07T16:31:00Z Chief Justice Rehnquist was 78 when he wrote that. Judges With Daughters More Often Rule in Favor of Women’s Rights 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z “I’m not perfect,” she said and then referred to “Justice Rehnquist” again. Justices Consider Lawyer’s Misstep and Find More 2012-11-29T04:23:39Z In the memo, which is titled “A Random Thought on the Segregation Cases,” Rehnquist advised Jackson about the matter of racial segregation. The Supreme Paper Caper 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Chief Justice William Rehnquist died in office, at age 80, in 2005. Analysis: Obama may now seek to make deeper mark on high court 2012-11-08T06:03:37Z Mr. Cruz, a former law clerk to the late Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist, handily defeated the Texas lieutenant governor last week. IHT Rendezvous: The Tea Party Senators 2012-08-05T19:45:25Z In 1992 five full-size moving vans were needed to move their art to the National Gallery, where they were soon feted by William H. Rehnquist, the chief justice of the United States, and David Rockefeller. Herbert Vogel, Postal Clerk and Modern Art Collector, Dies at 89 2012-07-24T03:56:17Z This is what Chief Justice William Rehnquist was suspected of doing in 1999 in United States v. On Thursday, Roberts is Likely to Write the Supreme Court Opinion that Partially Overturns Obamacare 2012-06-25T17:34:39Z In 1971, when Rehnquist was nominated to the Court, his nomination was nearly defeated by the discovery, among Jackson’s papers, of a memo that Rehnquist had written in 1952, on the subject of segregation. The Supreme Paper Caper 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z He was conservative more than 30 years ago, when he clerked for the future Chief Justice William Rehnquist, and conservative when he served as a counsel in the Reagan White House. What Roberts' Health Care Ruling Means for the Country 2012-06-30T01:05:31Z Roberts clerked for the late Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist before Rehnquist moved up to chief justice. Roberts unexpectedly joins liberals to uphold Obama health law 2012-06-29T03:39:04Z Her announcement in July 2005 caught official Washington by surprise; many had expected the chief justice, William H. Rehnquist, who was being treated for thyroid cancer, to step down. Presidential Election Could Reshape an Aging Supreme Court 2012-06-27T19:30:56Z In other words, Roberts doesn’t have the same incentive that Rehnquist might have had to vote strategically. On Thursday, Roberts is Likely to Write the Supreme Court Opinion that Partially Overturns Obamacare 2012-06-25T17:34:39Z In 1969, when William Rehnquist was Nixon’s Assistant Attorney General, he started thinking about writing a biography of Jackson. The Supreme Paper Caper 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z United States, was announced on Friday, June 27, 1997, Rehnquist was already on his way to Rome. Analysis: What takes so long? Behind the scenes at top U.S. court 2012-06-22T18:56:45Z At his confirmation hearings, Roberts called Rehnquist a "mentor," one who also had a moment when he confounded legal and political expectations. Roberts unexpectedly joins liberals to uphold Obama health law 2012-06-29T03:39:04Z But Justice Rehnquist privately told Justice O’Connor that he had no intention of quitting. Presidential Election Could Reshape an Aging Supreme Court 2012-06-27T19:30:56Z Rehnquist had reason to fear that Stevens would assign the opinion to himself, since Stevens was the most liberal member of that court. On Thursday, Roberts is Likely to Write the Supreme Court Opinion that Partially Overturns Obamacare 2012-06-25T17:34:39Z He’d settled on Rehnquist less than twelve hours before the announcement, and Rehnquist hadn’t been vetted. The Supreme Paper Caper 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z By the time decision-making began stretching into June, the late Justice William Rehnquist, who served as chief justice from 1986-2005, tended to want simply to get it all over with. Analysis: What takes so long? Behind the scenes at top U.S. court 2012-06-22T18:56:45Z Rehnquist sided with the court's liberals in 2003 by ruling that states had to comply with the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, a Clinton administration accomplishment. Roberts unexpectedly joins liberals to uphold Obama health law 2012-06-29T03:39:04Z William H. Rehnquist, who was then chief justice, wrote that, “in some circumstances, the financial inducement offered by Congress might be so coercive as to pass the point at which pressure turns into compulsion.” Far-Reaching Implications in States? Health Care Law Challenge 2012-03-24T05:12:38Z Justice Frankfurter had made it a point to get to know the clerks in other justices’ chambers, and he and Mr. Rehnquist got along well. Sidebar: New Look at an Old Memo Casts More Doubt on Rehnquist 2012-03-19T17:24:35Z In response, Rehnquist submitted a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, insisting, bizarrely, that the memo reflected Jackson’s views, not his. The Supreme Paper Caper 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z One year, when the justices were tangling over a handgun-control law until the final days of the month, Rehnquist kept his travel plans. Analysis: What takes so long? Behind the scenes at top U.S. court 2012-06-22T18:56:45Z “Federalism has less salience with this court than it did with the Rehnquist court,” Sri Srinivasan, then a lawyer in private practice, said at a Chamber of Commerce briefing in 2010. Health Care Act Offers Roberts a Signature Case 2012-03-12T01:02:59Z The confrontation grew so heated that Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, a conservative, came to the defense of the judiciary in a public statement. Wide Sentencing Disparity Found Among U.S. Judges 2012-03-06T02:56:26Z Mr. Rehnquist, then in private practice, was probably on the list, and his 1955 letter was probably a response. Sidebar: New Look at an Old Memo Casts More Doubt on Rehnquist 2012-03-19T17:24:35Z But Elsie Douglas told a Washington Post reporter that Jackson did not ask his clerks to prepare statements expressing the Justice’s views, and that Rehnquist had “smeared the reputation of a great Justice.” The Supreme Paper Caper 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Rehnquist acknowledged the stakes would be keenest in death penalty cases. High Court Won’t Hear Death Row Inmate’s Claim of Innocence 2012-02-27T19:16:03Z Despite having clerked for, and been mentored by, William Rehnquist, Chief Justice Roberts fits the Burger pattern more than the Rehnquist pattern in this respect. Opinionator: Second Chances 2012-01-26T03:39:54Z Justice Rehnquist warned that collecting data on judges’ sentencing practices “could amount to an unwarranted and ill-considered effort to intimidate individual judges.” Wide Sentencing Disparity Found Among U.S. Judges 2012-03-06T02:56:26Z When Justice Frankfurter received the letter, he decided to share it with the law clerk who had succeeded Mr. Rehnquist. Sidebar: New Look at an Old Memo Casts More Doubt on Rehnquist 2012-03-19T17:24:35Z In 1986, the memo haunted Rehnquist’s confirmation as Chief Justice, too. The Supreme Paper Caper 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z By this measure, the Roberts court’s commitment to free speech is also lower than that of the Burger and Rehnquist courts, but those differences, singly or in tandem, are not statistically significant. Study Challenges Supreme Court?s Image as Defender of Free Speech 2012-01-07T21:39:53Z Roberts’s predecessor as chief justice, William Rehnquist, helped revive the idea that Congress’s power over interstate commerce has limits, leading the court in striking down federal laws in 1995 and 2000. Obama-Roberts Legacies to Be Shaped by Court Health-Care Ruling 2011-11-15T15:09:10Z The concerns expressed by Chief Justice Rehnquist amount to what lawyers call the slippery slope. Supreme Court Memo: Health Law Debate Puts Focus on Limit of Federal Power 2011-11-14T02:25:25Z The new law review article makes the case that “Rehnquist’s disappointment with Brown provides the most plausible motivation for his harsh 1955 letter about Jackson.” Sidebar: New Look at an Old Memo Casts More Doubt on Rehnquist 2012-03-19T17:24:35Z Cases decided by the Rehnquist Court include Bush v. The Supreme Paper Caper 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Chief Justice Rehnquist was so highly efficient in how he ran the Court that on oral argument days he "ensured that we entered the courtroom at precisely 10:00 every time." John Paul Stevens publishes Supreme Court memoir 2011-10-03T16:25:00Z Back then White was virtually alone — all of his bench colleagues disagreed with him except William Rehnquist, perhaps for good reason. NCAA lost its teeth in court in 1984, and no one?s been in charge since 2011-09-23T16:52:00Z “Local autonomy of school districts is a vital national tradition,” Justice William H. Rehnquist declared in a 1977 decision that overturned a wide-ranging desegregation order in Dayton, Ohio. Opinionator: A Voice From the Past 2011-06-02T01:49:04Z The article supports this theory by, among other things, reviewing Mr. Rehnquist’s letters to Justice Jackson, which were admiring and supportive until Brown and ceased after the decision was issued. Sidebar: New Look at an Old Memo Casts More Doubt on Rehnquist 2012-03-19T17:24:35Z More than five hundred will remain closed until the last Justice who served with Rehnquist dies. The Supreme Paper Caper 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Without disturbing any precedent, Rehnquist wrote in U.S. v. The Commerce Claws Come Out 2011-02-10T22:00:00Z “If oral argument provides nothing more than the summary of the brief in monologue, it is of very little value to the court,” Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist wrote in 1987. No Argument: Thomas Keeps 5-Year Silence 2011-02-13T05:01:13Z Fifteen years ago, Chief Justice William Rehnquist authored the first opinion in nearly a century striking down an act of Congress on the grounds that lawmakers had exceeded the powers granted under the commerce clause. Would the Supreme Court Reject the Affordable Care Act? 2011-02-02T09:02:39Z In an interview last week, Mr. Prettyman said “there is absolutely no doubt in my mind” that the 1952 memo represented Mr. Rehnquist’s views and not those of Justice Jackson. Sidebar: New Look at an Old Memo Casts More Doubt on Rehnquist 2012-03-19T17:24:35Z Rehnquist sent Lieberman a letter of protest, insisting that no legislation was necessary. The Supreme Paper Caper 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Justice Clarence Thomas, who sided with the Lopez majority, identified himself as the inheritor of Rehnquist's Lone Ranger hat. The Commerce Claws Come Out 2011-02-10T22:00:00Z A Loss Leader As recently as 1987, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist remarked that the days of a few great advocates appearing regularly before the Supreme Court were gone. Specialists? Legal Help Can Come With a Catch 2010-10-09T22:50:00Z Vinson later praised Rehnquist's decision, and said the tension in the health care case stems entirely from the debate over the "substantial effects" test that Thomas finds so objectionable. Would the Supreme Court Reject the Affordable Care Act? 2011-02-02T09:02:39Z Still, Mr. Prettyman said he welcomed the attention the new article brought to Chief Justice Rehnquist’s role in and reaction to the Brown decision. Sidebar: New Look at an Old Memo Casts More Doubt on Rehnquist 2012-03-19T17:24:35Z One document that was once among Frankfurter’s papers but is now absent is a letter that Rehnquist wrote to Frankfurter in 1955. The Supreme Paper Caper 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z He said the term could show whether the current court is more concerned about corporate rights and less concerned about states' rights than the court under the previous chief justice, the late William Rehnquist. Supreme Court term has free-speech and immigration cases 2010-10-03T12:17:00Z Opinion writing is largely delegated to clerks, and Chief Justice Rehnquist candidly acknowledged that the justices’ chambers were “a collection of nine autonomous opinion-writing bureaus.” Clerks Highlight Supreme Court?s Polarization 2010-09-07T02:33:00Z And she is the first since William H. Rehnquist, 38 years ago, to join the court without experience as a judge. Kagan to Be Sworn in as 112th Supreme Court Justice 2010-08-07T13:32:00Z The memo, prepared for Justice Robert H. Jackson, was written in the first person and bore the clerk’s initials — “WHR,” for William H. Rehnquist. Sidebar: New Look at an Old Memo Casts More Doubt on Rehnquist 2012-03-19T17:24:35Z In many cases -- including the plot where former Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and a Vietnam War veteran are buried -- two of the VIPs are buried where the map notes just one. 20 years of problems at Arlington Cemetery 2010-07-26T04:00:00Z Asked if the replacement of Chief Justice Rehnquist by Chief Justice Roberts had moved the court to the right, he did not hesitate. Court Under Roberts Is Most Conservative in Decades 2010-07-25T04:20:00Z In his 1972 statement, Justice Rehnquist said recusal involved a delicate balance. When a Justice and a Case Are Too Close 2010-07-24T20:40:00Z Mr. Sessions asked Ms. Kagan whether she personally agreed with a pair of decisions in which the Rehnquist Court had struck down statutes because they had too little connection to interstate commerce. Republicans Press Kagan on Social Issues at Hearing 2010-06-30T20:22:00Z The memo was disclosed by Newsweek in 1971, on the eve of the Senate floor debate on Mr. Rehnquist’s nomination to the Supreme Court. Sidebar: New Look at an Old Memo Casts More Doubt on Rehnquist 2012-03-19T17:24:35Z It was the most controversial decision since the Rehnquist court handed the presidency to Mr. Bush a decade ago in Bush v. News Analysis: Roberts Put His Stamp on Supreme Court in Latest Term 2010-06-29T18:50:00Z When Justice O’Connor announced her retirement in 2005, the membership of the Rehnquist court had been stable for 11 years, the second-longest stretch without a new justice in American history. Court Under Roberts Is Most Conservative in Decades 2010-07-25T04:20:00Z Ms. Kagan may therefore wish to follow Chief Justice Rehnquist’s example with regard to her critique. Study Finds Questioning of Nominees to Be Useful 2010-06-28T00:04:00Z They include the former chief justice, William H. Rehnquist, who was in private practice for 16 years. G.O.P. Bears Down on Kagan as Hearings Near 2010-06-24T03:53:00Z It caused a firestorm, one that was rekindled when President Ronald Reagan nominated Justice Rehnquist to be chief justice in 1986. Sidebar: New Look at an Old Memo Casts More Doubt on Rehnquist 2012-03-19T17:24:35Z Chief Justice Rehnquist, who led the court for 19 years, died in 2005. Rehnquist Was Asked to Review Wiretapping Program 2010-06-12T01:25:00Z Chief Justice Rehnquist died soon after Justice O’Connor announced that she was stepping down. Court Under Roberts Is Most Conservative in Decades 2010-07-25T04:20:00Z The role of the Supreme Court is unique in the American judiciary, Mr. Rehnquist went on, since the Constitution means what the justices say it does. Study Finds Questioning of Nominees to Be Useful 2010-06-28T00:04:00Z In roughly a dozen memorandums involving the rights of prisoners or suspects, she adopted a strategic tone aimed at limiting opportunities for the increasingly conservative Rehnquist court to roll back liberal precedents. In Supreme Court Work, Early Views of Kagan 2010-06-04T00:42:00Z But Mr. Rehnquist had an explanation, which he sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee in a letter in 1971 and repeated under oath in 1986. Sidebar: New Look at an Old Memo Casts More Doubt on Rehnquist 2012-03-19T17:24:35Z But in the end, Chief Justice William Rehnquist, leader of the conservative bloc, wrote an opinion for a 7-2 majority reaffirming Miranda. The Right to Remain Silent: Has the Supreme Court Decimated Miranda? 2010-06-03T09:05:00Z Chief Justice Rehnquist, a conservative, was replaced by a conservative. Court Under Roberts Is Most Conservative in Decades 2010-07-25T04:20:00Z |
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