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William Rehnquist

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William Hubbs Rehnquist was a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. President Ronald Reagan nominated Justice Rehnquist to the position of Chief Justice after the retirement of Warren Burger, and he was confirmed in 1986. Rehnquist served as the Supreme Court's sixteenth Chief Justice from 1986 till his death in 2005. [1]

Early life

Rehnquist grew up in the Milwaukee North Shore suburb of Shorewood. Rehnquist enjoyed a relatively undistinguished childhood in his middle-class suburban home of Shorewood. Rehnquist was the son of a paper salesman and grew up in a heavily conservative household. During his youth, popular Republican leaders such as Alf Landon, Wendell Wilkie, and Herbert Hoover were idolized. World War II erupted before Rehnquist had a chance to complete his education and the future chief justice enlisted in the Air Force branch of the army as a weather observer. He served in North Africa. [2]

Education

  • Stanford University, B.A., 1948
  • Stanford University, M.A., 1948
  • Harvard University, M.A., 1949
  • Stanford Law School, LL.B, 1952 [1]

Professional career

  • U.S. Army Air Corps Soldier, 1943-1946
  • Law clerk, Justice Robert H. Jackson, Supreme Court of the United States, 1952-1953
  • Private practice, Phoenix, Arizona, 1953-1969
  • Assistant U.S. attorney general, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 1969-1971 [1]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Justice Rehnquist Profile from the Federal Judicial Center.
  2. ↑ "US Gov Info", Biography of William Rehnquist, June 18, 2009
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