Rehnquist Court

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The Rehnquist Court was the era of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1986 to 2005, marked by a conservative shift in constitutional law under Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist.

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instanceOf era of the Supreme Court of the United States
judicial era
apexCourt Supreme Court of the United States
branchOfGovernment Judicial branch of the United States government
surface form: Judicial branch of the United States
characterizedBy incremental approach to overturning precedents
limitations on Congress’s commerce clause power
narrowing of some Warren Court criminal procedure precedents
strengthening of states’ rights under the Tenth Amendment
chiefJustice William H. Rehnquist
compositionIncludes Anthony M. Kennedy
Antonin Scalia
Clarence Thomas
David H. Souter
John Paul Stevens
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sandra Day O’Connor
Stephen G. Breyer
William H. Rehnquist
country United States of America
surface form: United States
endYear 2005
followedBy Roberts Court
ideologicalOrientation conservative
jurisdiction United States Constitution
federal law of the United States
landmarkDecision Bush v. Gore
City of Boerne v. Flores
Lawrence v. Texas (in part)
surface form: Lawrence v. Texas

Planned Parenthood v. Casey
Printz v. United States
Roper v. Simmons
Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida
surface form: Seminole Tribe v. Florida

United States v. Lopez
United States v. Morrison
legalStatus historical period
namedAfter William H. Rehnquist
notableAreaOfLaw United States constitutional law
surface form: First Amendment law

abortion law
civil rights
commerce clause jurisprudence
constitutional law
criminal procedure
federalism
separation of powers
numberOfJustices 9
precededBy Burger Court
presidentialAppointerOfMembers Bill Clinton
George H. W. Bush
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
startYear 1986

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William H. Rehnquist memberOf Rehnquist Court
City of Boerne v. Flores decidedBy Rehnquist Court
United States v. Morrison decidedBy Rehnquist Court
Alabama v. Shelton hasTimePeriod Rehnquist Court
John isPartOf Rehnquist Court
subject surface form: John Paul Stevens
BE&K Construction Co. v. NLRB timePeriod Rehnquist Court
Warren Burger Court followedBy Rehnquist Court
Burger Court followedBy Rehnquist Court