If you could say of any one individual that the court as an… - William Rehnquist

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If you could say of any one individual that the court as an institution is the length and shadow of that individual, surely it would be John Marshall.

William Rehnquist

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William Hubbs Rehnquist (October 1, 1924 – September 3, 2005) was an American lawyer and jurist who served on the Supreme Court of the United States for 33 years, as an associate justice from 1972 to 1986 and as Chief Justice from 1986 until his death in 2005. Considered a conservative, Rehnquist favored a conception of federalism that emphasized the Tenth Amendment's reservation of powers to the states. Under this view of federalism, the court, for the first time since the 1930s, struck down an act of Congress as exceeding its power under the Commerce Clause.

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Alternative Names: William Hubbs Rehnquist • Chief Justice Rehnquist • Justice Rehnquist

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