Replaced chief justice william rehnquist biography

WILLIAM HUBBS REHNQUIST was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 1, He grew up in the suburb of Shorewood, the son of a paper salesman. Rehnquist’s strongly conservative views can be traced directly to his childhood. According to a Washington Post report, the political heroes in the Rehnquist household were “Republican standard bearers such as Alf Landon, Wendell Willkie and Herbert Hoover.” When Rehnquist was asked (during the Democratic administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt) by his elementary teacher about his career plans, he replied, “I’m going to change the government.”

He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II as a weather observer in North Africa. Following the war, he attended college on the GI Bill, earning both a B.A. (Phi Beta Kappa) and M.A. in political science at Stanford University in Rehnquist received a second M.A., in government, from Harvard two years later. He then entered Stanford Law School, where he graduated first in hi

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Chief Justice William Rehnquist

Selected Opinions by Chief Justice Rehnquist:

Van Orden v. Perry ()

Topic:Religion

While the Ten Commandments are religious, they also have a historical meaning. Simply having religious content or promoting a message consistent with a religious doctrine does not run afoul of the Establishment Clause.

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Thornton v. U.S. ()

Topic:Search & Seizure

Belton governs even when an officer does not make contact until the person arrested has left the vehicle.

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Locke v. Davey ()

Topic:Religion

A state's exclusion of the pursuit of a devotional theology degree from its otherwise inclusive scholarship aid program did not violate the Free Exercise Clause.

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Maryland v. Pringle ()

Topic:Search & Seizure

To determine whether an officer had probable cause to make an arrest, a court must examine the events leading up to the arrest, and then decide whether these historical facts, viewed fr