Rehnquist
Americannoun
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But his quiet presence on the bench took on seismic importance when Sandra Day O’Connor and William Rehnquist were replaced by John Roberts and Samuel Alito.
From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025
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
L. Ralph Mecham, then the judiciary’s top administrative official, fired off the memo describing Thomas’ complaints to Rehnquist, his boss.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2023
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
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