Rehnquist Court

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legal case
gptkbp:court gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkb:Highest_court_in_the_United_States
Conservative majority
Liberal minority
gptkbp:hasFunction Sets legal precedents
Decides constitutional issues
Hears cases of national importance
Interprets federal law
Reviews lower court decisions
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Influenced modern constitutional law
Shifted balance of power between state and federal government
Addressed issues of federalism
Expanded executive power
Limited affirmative action
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rehnquist Court
gptkbp:judges Conservatism
Federalism
Originalism
Used
Judicial Restraint
Strict Constructionism
gptkbp:landmark gptkb:Lawrence_v._Texas
gptkb:Citizens_United_v._FEC
gptkb:Printz_v._United_States
gptkb:Shelby_County_v._Holder
gptkb:Whole_Woman's_Health_v._Hellerstedt
gptkbp:lawEnforcement Criticized
gptkbp:leadership gptkb:William_Rehnquist
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:William_Rehnquist
gptkb:Roe_v._Wade
gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:Kelo_v._City_of_New_London
gptkb:United_States_v._Lopez
gptkb:Grutter_v._Bollinger
gptkb:Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:David_Souter
gptkb:Bush_v._Gore
gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy
gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Sandra_Day_O'Connor
Stephen Breyer
Clarence Thomas
gptkbp:numberOfStudents 9
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Burger_Court
gptkbp:servedIn 2005
gptkbp:servingTemperature 1972
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Roberts_Court