...presidents. The last time a chief justice swore in a president of a different party was in 1997, when Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, a Republican, swore in Democrat Bill Clinton for a second term. Two years later, Rehnquist would preside over...
...hotly disputed as the one in 2000, as chronicled in "Centennial Crisis" (Knopf) by Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist. The election, between Republican Rutherford B. Hayes and Democrat Samuel J. Tilden, was decided only two...
...Supreme Court justices stepped in to help decide the outcome of a messy election. Sound familiar? Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist should know, but his new book isn't about the disputed 2000 election he helped call for Republican George W...
...anything else. "Training someone to lead a congregation is an essentially religious endeavor," Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist wrote for the court majority. "Indeed, majoring in devotional theology is akin to a religious calling as well...
...Congress must now enact the provisions of the FDA rule." O'Connor's opinion was joined by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony M. Kennedy and Clarence Thomas. Dissenting were Justices Stephen G. Breyer...
...bringing the deaths in the religious strife there to 107. Dec. 10: The U.S. Senate confirms the nomination of William H. Rehnquist as a Supreme Court justice. Dec. 19: Augusta National Golf Club legend Bobby Jones dies at age 69. Meghan Gourley...
...The number of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court since 1869. Current members of the court are: Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justices John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David H. Souter...
...Stephen G. Breyer was sworn in as the Supreme Court's newest justice in a private ceremony at Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist's Vermont summer home. 1998: The White House played down the possibility that President Clinton would reverse...
...were Justices John Paul Stevens, David H. Souter, Anthony M. Kennedy and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justices Clarence Thomas and Stephen G. Breyer dissented. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who long has owned...
...1959: the United States recognized Fidel Castro's new government in Cuba. 1972: Lewis F. Powell Jr. and William H. Rehnquist were sworn in as the 99th and 100th members of the U.S. Supreme Court. 1979: Vietnamese forces captured the...
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