Crime and Consequences (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Prof. John Q. Barrett, who authors the emailed Jackson List on things relating to Justice Robert Jackson, has an article in the Green Bag on a Gilbert and Sullivan spoof written by Jackson clerk William Rehnquist. The article is here,...
Mazurland Blog (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
... United States. I will look for people in the cast of John Roberts, Sam Alito, my friend the late William Rehnquist, jurists of the highest caliber who know their own minds, and know the law, and know the difference. I have been pro-life my entire public career. So again, a failure to vote for McCain is, without any doubt, a vote for two-to-three judges, at least, in the mold of...
Legalities (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Now Novak, as we all know, has great sources—and breaks lots of stories with his great sources. That’s why a Novak story commands instant attention—like his stories did back in early July 2005, when he wrote that “Court sources” told him William Rehnquist would be announcing his retirement less than a week after Justice O’Connor. It was so specific—down to the actual time—people thought...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
... In 1993, President Clinton nominated him to the federal court. In 1999, the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist appointed Davis to serve on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, reviewing warrant requests for intelligence gathering before and after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.The Baycol litigation involves a cholesterol drug found to cause serious health problems among some;...
Driive (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
... regardless of whether it's Zappa / Foghat style or the Black Gold Guy look, racers will experience William Rehnquist -like warmth and the fairness of the Moscow Trials when facing the bench at LeMons South. But the facial hair won't be our primary innovation as we don our white wigs, grasp our rubber mallets gavels, and prepare to dispense justice ; we've decided to take on the thorny...
Worlwide Cars News at Go-Cars.org (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
... regardless of whether it’s Zappa/Foghat style or the Black Gold Guy look, racers will experience William Rehnquist-like warmth and the fairness of the Moscow Trials when facing the bench at LeMons South. But the facial hair won’t be our primary innovation as we don our white wigs, grasp our rubber mallets gavels, and prepare to dispense justice; we’ve decided to take on the thorny...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
... leave the Supreme Court, with their age and date of retirement:Sandra Day O'Connor, 75, Jan. 31, 2006William Rehnquist, 80, Sept. 3, 2005-xHarry Blackmun, 85, Aug. 3, 1994Byron White, 76, June 28, 1993Thurgood Marshall, 83, Oct. 1, 1991William Brennan, 84, July 20, 1990Lewis Powell, 79, June 26, 1987Warren Burger, 79, Sept. 26, 1986Potter Stewart, 66, July 3, 1981William...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
... leave the Supreme Court, with their age and date of retirement:Sandra Day O'Connor, 75, Jan. 31, 2006William Rehnquist, 80, Sept. 3, 2005-xHarry Blackmun, 85, Aug. 3, 1994Byron White, 76, June 28, 1993Thurgood Marshall, 83, Oct. 1, 1991William Brennan, 84, July 20, 1990Lewis Powell, 79, June 26, 1987Warren Burger, 79, Sept. 26, 1986Potter Stewart, 66, July 3, 1981William...
PrawfsBlawg (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
... short stint on the Court of Appeals or join the Court as the first Justice since Lewis Powell and William Rehnquist without any judicial experience. (3) Merrick Garland-- With David Tatel aging out of the contest, widely considered to be the leading contender among white male sitting judges and--hey--that group has done pretty well in prior nomination contests. Also, happens to be...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
Roberts's predecessor, William Rehnquist, cited his beloved Gilbert & Sullivan in a 1980 dissent from a decision that the press had a constitutional right of access to court proceedings. He was still an associate justice, and he thought the court had made up the right out of whole cloth. In rebuttal, Rehnquist relied on the Lord Chancellor in "Iolanthe" to rebuke the majority....
Legal Theory Blog (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
... theory? Original Intentions Originalism One way to start our story is with Robert Bork, William Rehnquist, Raoul Berger and Edwin Meese. In 1971, Robert Bork wrote Neutral Principles and Some First Amendment Problems , the article that might be considered the opening move in the development or contemporary originalist theory. In 1976, then Associate Justice William Rehnquist...
The Volokh Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
In the latest Green Bag, John Q. Barrett has (with some classic pictures) on some amusing lyrics about the Supreme Court written by William Rehnquist when he was a law clerk for Justice Jackson.
BetaNews (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
... the way for most every type of communication on the Internet...except child pornography. Justices William Rehnquist and Sandra Day O'Connor at the time agreed that all provisions of the CDA were unconstitutional except in their application to "communications between an adult and one or more minors."
Globally Rational (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
... mentions the following changes in the Court’s policies since O’Connor retired and Chief Justice William Rehnquist died: • Shifted course on abortion rights : The court upheld a federal ban on the abortion procedure opponents call “partial birth” and backed away from a 2000 O’Connor opinion that required an exception in such laws to protect the health of the mother. • Retreated on...
