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Rehnquist
[ ren-kwist ]
noun
- William H(ubbs) [huhbz], 1924鈥2005, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1972鈥86; chief justice 1986鈥2005.
Example Sentences
He was rumored to be on the shortlist to replace the late Chief Justice of the United States, William Rehnquist.
In a 7-1 decision authored by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, the court emphasized the importance of the counsel鈥檚 independence from the president given the position鈥檚 duties.
This has been around at least since the 1960s, when former Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist was involved in 鈥淥peration Eagle Eye,鈥 a Republican voter suppression operation in Arizona.
Gore because the independent state legislature theory, which basically holds that federal courts can overturn state court rulings on state constitutions, ties back to Chief Justice Rehnquist's separate opinion in Bush v.
The Burger and Rehnquist courts reached liberal outcomes about half the time.
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