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Rehnquist

American  
[ren-kwist] / ˈrɛn kwɪst /

noun

  1. William H(ubbs) 1924–2005, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1972–86; chief justice 1986–2005.


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He was rumored to be on the shortlist to replace the late Chief Justice of the United States, William Rehnquist.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025

Remember when Chief Justice Rehnquist was dying of thyroid cancer and would miss oral arguments and no one would tell us why?

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2024

Front-page coverage of overrulings by the Rehnquist and Roberts courts were nearly identical, at 42 and 41 percent.

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2024

A famous example is the brief from an editorial cartoonists’ group that helped persuade Chief Justice William Rehnquist to side with Hustler magazine over televangelist Jerry Falwell.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2024

Rehnquist warned Bradlee to cease publishing the Pentagon Papers.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin