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• n  United States jurist who served as an associate justice on the United States Supreme Court from 1972 until 1986, when he was appointed chief justice (born in 1924)

• Rehnquist
• William Rehnquist
• William Hubbs Rehnquist

Quotes

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• John McCain in Reuters
  I will look for people in the cast of John Roberts, Samuel Alito, and my friend the late William Rehnquist -- jurists of the highest caliber who know their own minds, and know the law, and know the difference,McCain said.
• President Bush in International Herald Tribune
  The passing of Chief Justice William Rehnquist leaves the center chair empty, just four weeks left before the Supreme Court reconvenes,Bush said. "It's in the interest of the court and the country to have a chief justice on the bench on...