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The partisan : the life of William Rehnquist
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The partisan : the life of William Rehnquist

Author: John A Jenkins
Publisher: New York : PublicAffairs, ©2012.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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The Rehnquist Court, which lasted almost twenty years, was molded in his image. In thirty-three years on the Supreme Court, from 1972 until his death in 2005 at age 80, Rehnquist was at the center of the Court's dramatic political transformation. He was a partisan, waging a quiet, constant battle to imbue the Court with a deep conservatism favoring government power over individual rights. He left behind no memoir  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Biography
Named Person: William H Rehnquist
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: John A Jenkins
ISBN: 9781586488871 1586488872
OCLC Number: 778420830
Description: xxi, 330 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Shorewood --
A change of name and place --
"Hate Black" --
Basic moral rights --
On to Washington --
An "Unhumanitarian Position," and other memos --
"Like a Bunch of Old Women" --
Hanging judge --
Rugged Libertarianism --
"What the Court Really Needs is a Chief Justice" --
Cowboys in Washington --
Changes on the court --
Southern strategy --
Two more vacancies --
"You Might Consider Bill Rehnquist" --
"What Now, Hon. W.H. Rehnquist" --
Roe v. Wade --
"The Better Point of View" --
Lone dissenter --
Bored at the court --
An aspiring novelist --
Code pink --
A betting man --
"Bizzarre Ideas and Outrageous Thoughts" --
Bicentennial bombshell --
A score to settle --
High expectations --
The Brennan court --
Federalism, occasionally --
A fragile majority --
Splendor of stripes --
Clinton's trial --
"Never Let the War End Until You've Won It."
Responsibility: John A. Jenkins.

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<p>The first full biography of William Rehnquist-- the iconoclastic, influential chief justice who shaped the current court and moved it decisively to the right  Read more...
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