William H. Rehnquist

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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Chief Justice of the United States conservative legal scholar human jurist lawyer

William H. Rehnquist was a long-serving conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice and later Chief Justice, known for advocating federalism, limiting the reach of federal power, and opposing expansive interpretations of constitutional rights.

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Label	Occurrences
William H. Rehnquist canonical	140
Justice William H. Rehnquist	21
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist	7
William Rehnquist	5
Justice Rehnquist	1
Rehnquist	1
William Hubbs Rehnquist	1
William Rehnquist (as Associate Justice)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ conservative legal scholar ⓘ human ⓘ jurist ⓘ lawyer ⓘ
appointedAsAssociateJusticeOn	1972-01-07 ⓘ
appointedBy	Richard Nixon ⓘ
appointedByAsChiefJustice	Ronald Reagan ⓘ
birthDate	1924-10-01 ⓘ
birthPlace	Milwaukee ⓘ surface form: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
burialPlace	Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
confirmedAsAssociateJusticeOn	1971-12-10 ⓘ
confirmedAsChiefJusticeOn	1986-09-17 ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
deathDate	2005-09-03 ⓘ
deathPlace	Arlington, Virginia ⓘ surface form: Arlington, Virginia, United States
educatedAt	Harvard University ⓘ Stanford Law School ⓘ Stanford University ⓘ
familyName	William H. Rehnquist self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rehnquist
fullName	William H. Rehnquist self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: William Hubbs Rehnquist
givenName	William ⓘ
ideology	judicial conservatism ⓘ
knownFor	advocacy of federalism ⓘ limiting the reach of federal power ⓘ opposition to expansive interpretations of constitutional rights ⓘ
memberOf	Rehnquist Court ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
nominatedAsAssociateJusticeOn	1971-10-21 ⓘ
nominatedAsChiefJusticeOn	1986-06-20 ⓘ
notableCaseParticipation	Bush v. Gore ⓘ Planned Parenthood v. Casey ⓘ Roe v. Wade ⓘ United States v. Lopez ⓘ United States v. Morrison ⓘ
numberOfChildren	3 ⓘ
positionHeld	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
precededByAsChiefJustice	Warren E. Burger ⓘ
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ
spouse	Natalie Cornell Rehnquist ⓘ
succeededByAsChiefJustice	John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ
swornInAsAssociateJusticeOn	1972-01-07 ⓘ
swornInAsChiefJusticeOn	1986-09-26 ⓘ
termEndAsAssociateJustice	1986-09-26 ⓘ
termEndAsChiefJustice	2005-09-03 ⓘ
termStartAsAssociateJustice	1972-01-07 ⓘ
termStartAsChiefJustice	1986-09-26 ⓘ

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Roe v. Wade → hasDissentingJustice → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

Bush v. Gore → concurringJustice → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council → chiefJusticeAtDecision → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

United States v. Nixon → justiceNotParticipating → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah → concurrenceBy → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

Gonzales v. Raich → dissentBy → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

Furman v. Georgia → justiceInDissent → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

United States v. Lopez → majorityOpinionBy → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

United States v. Lopez → chiefJusticeAtDecision → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez → joinedByInMajority → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

Doe v. Bolton → dissentingJustice → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

Craig v. Boren → concurrenceInJudgmentBy → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

Craig v. Boren → dissentBy → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

Employment Division v. Smith → hasChiefJusticeAtDecision → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan → dissentingOpinionBy → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

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George W. Bush → swornInBy → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

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Cheney v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia → joinedByInMajority → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

Cheney v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia → concurrenceBy → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

American Insurance Assn. v. Garamendi → majorityJoiner → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority → dissentingOpinionBy → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

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New York v. United States (1992) → chiefJusticeAtTime → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

Printz v. United States → joinedByInMajority → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

Planned Parenthood v. Casey → dissentBy → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

Supreme Court of New Hampshire v. Piper → dissentingJustice → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

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Baldwin v. Fish and Game Commission of Montana → dissentingJustices → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

National League of Cities v. Usery → majorityOpinionBy → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke → dissentBy → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

South Dakota v. Dole → majorityOpinionBy → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

South Dakota v. Dole → chiefJusticeAtDecision → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

John G. Roberts Jr. → precededBy → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

Warren E. Burger → succeededBy → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

Saenz v. Roe → dissentingOpinionBy → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

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William H. Rehnquist → familyName → William H. Rehnquist self-linksurface differs ⓘ

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Antonin Scalia → predecessor → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

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Clinton v. Jones → justiceInMajority → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

opinion in Texas v. Johnson → chiefJusticeAtTime → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

opinion in Texas v. Johnson → dissentingJustices → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson → majorityOpinionBy → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins → dissentBy → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. → joinedByInMajority → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

INS v. Chadha → dissentBy → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

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County of Allegheny v. ACLU → concurrenceInJudgmentJoinedBy → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

Milliken v. Bradley → joinedMajority → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

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Lynch v. Donnelly → hasJoinedMajority → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

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Lee v. Weisman → joinedDissent → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

Zelman v. Simmons-Harris → majorityOpinionBy → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

Zelman v. Simmons-Harris → chiefJusticeAtDecision → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

Zelman v. Simmons-Harris → majorityJustices → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ

City of Boerne v. Flores → joinedMajority → William H. Rehnquist ⓘ