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William Rehnquist (view source)
Revision as of 00:58, September 29, 2007
, 00:58, September 29, 2007→[[Liberal]] objections to Rehnquist: improved
Liberals attempted to derail President [[Ronald Reagan]]'s elevation of Rehnquist to Chief Justice by insisting that early in his career, as a clerk on the Supreme Court for Justice Jackson, Rehnquist had written a memorandum expressing some discontent with [[Brown v. Board of Education]]. Rehnquist explained that his written statements were merely advisory opinions reflecting the views of Justice Jackson, and did not reflect Rehnquist's personal views. Rehnquist was then confirmed as Chief Justice by a substantial margin in the [[U.S. Senate]].
Liberals attempted to derail President [[Ronald Reagan]]'s elevation of Rehnquist to Chief Justice by insisting that early in his career, as a clerk on the Supreme Court for Justice Jackson, Rehnquist had written a memorandum expressing some discontent with [[Brown v. Board of Education]]. Rehnquist explained that his written statements were merely advisory opinions reflecting the views of Justice Jackson, and did not reflect Rehnquist's personal views. Rehnquist was then confirmed as Chief Justice by a substantial margin in the [[U.S. Senate]].
[[Liberals]] have also criticized Rehnquist's narrow view of [[recusal]], as Rehnquist rarely recused himself from a case and would criticize recusal or defend non-recusal. He dismissed calls by [[U.S. Senators]] for Associate Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] to recuse himself in a case involving Scalia's friend Vice President [[Dick Cheney]] in his official rather than personal capacity.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/27/scotus.cheney.scalia/index.html</ref> Rehnquist did not recuse himself in a case concerning his alma mater [[Stanford University]].<ref>''[[Volt Information Sciences, Inc. v. Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior Univ.]]''</ref>
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