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[[File:Justice Rehnquist and Phyllis Schlafly.jpg|thumb|Justice Rehnquist with [[Phyllis Schlafly]] in the 1980s]]

[[File:Justice Rehnquist and Phyllis Schlafly.jpg|thumb|Justice Rehnquist with [[Phyllis Schlafly]] in the 1980s]]

'''William Rehnquist''' was an Associate Justice of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] (1972-1986) and its 16th Chief Justice (1986-2005).  When he began he was the only [[conservative]] on the Court, and he saw the Court move increasingly to the [[conservative]] side until his death in office in 2005.  Before he died he was likely responsible for the appointment to the Court of his protégé and former law clerk, [[John Roberts]].  Though a lifelong evangelical [[Lutheran]],<ref>http://www.adherents.com/people/pr/William_Rehnquist.html</ref> Rehnquist received an extraordinary [[Catholic]] funeral after his death.<ref>http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0505067.htm</ref>  His trademark judicial philosophy was to restore and advance [[federalism]].

'''William Rehnquist''' was an Associate Justice of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] (1972-1986) and its 16th Chief Justice (1986-2005).  When he began he was the only [[conservative]] on the Court, and he led the Court increasingly to the [[conservative]] side until his death in office in 2005.  Before he died he was likely responsible for the appointment to the Court of his protégé and former law clerk, [[John Roberts]].  Though a lifelong evangelical [[Lutheran]],<ref>http://www.adherents.com/people/pr/William_Rehnquist.html</ref> Rehnquist received an extraordinary [[Catholic]] funeral after his death.<ref>http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0505067.htm</ref>  His trademark judicial philosophy was to restore and advance [[federalism]].

== Judicial Record ==

== Judicial Record ==