Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Chief_Justice_William_H._Rehnquist
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gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:Stanford_Law_School
gptkb:Stanford_University
gptkbp:appointedBy gptkb:Ronald_Reagan
gptkbp:appointedBy_(Associate_Justice) gptkb:Richard_Nixon
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom_(posthumous)
gptkbp:birthDate 1924-10-01
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Milwaukee,_Wisconsin,_USA
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:cancer
gptkbp:children gptkb:Nancy_Spears
gptkb:James_Rehnquist
gptkb:Janet_Rehnquist
gptkbp:clerkedFor gptkb:Justice_Robert_H._Jackson
gptkbp:deathDate 2005-09-03
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Arlington,_Virginia,_USA
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:William_Hubbs_Rehnquist
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
1943–1946
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableFor conservative jurisprudence
federalism decisions
limiting federal power
impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Bush_v._Gore
gptkb:United_States_v._Lopez
gptkb:Rehnquist_Court
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:judge
gptkb:lawyer
gptkbp:politicalParty Republican
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:President_of_India
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Warren_E._Burger
gptkbp:religion Lutheran
gptkbp:signature William H Rehnquist Signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse Natalie Cornell Rehnquist
gptkbp:successor gptkb:John_G._Roberts
gptkbp:termEnd 2005-09-03
gptkbp:termEnd_(Associate_Justice) 1986-09-25
gptkbp:termStart_(Associate_Justice) 1972-01-07
gptkbp:termStart_(Chief_Justice) 1986-09-26
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Richard_B._Garnett
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