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[[Image:Rehnquist.jpg|right]]
[[Image:Rehnquist.jpg|right]]
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]].
{{Officeholder
|name=William Rehnquist
|image=Rehnquist.jpg
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|spouse=
|religion=Lutheran
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{{Officeholder/Supreme Court Justice
|role=Chief
|nominator=[[Ronald Reagan]]
|terms=September 26, 1986 – September 3, 2005
|preceded=[[Warren E. Burger]]
|former=y
|succeeded=[[John Roberts]]
}}
{{Officeholder/Supreme Court Justice
|role=Associate
|nominator=[[Richard Nixon]]
|terms=January 7, 1972 – September 26, 1986
|preceded=[[John Harlan II]]
|former=y
|succeeded=[[Antonin Scalia]]
}}
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'''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]].
== Judicial Record ==
== Judicial Record ==