Rehnquist

[ ren-kwist ]

/ ˈrɛn kwɪst /

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William H(ubbs)

[huhbz], /hʌbz/, 1924–2005, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1972–86; chief justice 1986–2005.

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Oh and Rehnquist stopped going and John Paul Stevens never attended either, so there.
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William Rehnquist had never been a judge before he was appointed to the Supreme Court.
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According to a friend who, to this day, fears being identified, Chief Justice Rehnquist "went berserk."
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