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...William Rehnquist is the Lone Ranger no longer. To his brethren he will henceforth be known as "the chief." Last week President Reagan announced that Rehnquist will succeed Warren Burger, 78, who will step down after 17 years as the highest jurist in the land when the court's term ends next month. On the first Monday in October, when the nine Justices emerge from behind the red curtain to take the high bench, William Hubbs Rehnquist will become the 16th Chief Justice of the United States...
opinions will be more sprightly and readable than the turgid fare churned out by most of their brethren...
...chambers bearing copies of Burger's resignation letter. The Justices and their staffs were then invited to the court's paneled conference room, where a pair of TVs had been set up. Only when the President appeared on the air with Rehnquist and Scalia standing beside him did the brethren learn the identity of their new chief and new colleague...
...school contemporaries predict that Scalia's intelligence and sense of humor will endear him to the other Justices. "His brethren on the Supreme Court will absolutely love him," states John D. French, the Law Review president when Scalia worked on it. "Agree with him or not, he is an absolute joy to be with...
...allow the voice of fanaticism to be raised and will make every effort to stop such fanatics from disintegrating the nation." The operation marked a political victory for Gandhi, who negotiated a pact with moderate Sikhs in July 1985 and urged them to crack down on their militant brethren...