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...AILING. WILLIAM REHNQUIST, 80, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; with thyroid cancer; in Washington, D.C. The type and prognosis of his illness, which has prompted increased speculation on the future of the court, were not disclosed, although the additional announcement of a tracheotomy suggests an advanced or complicated case...
WHAT GRADE WOULD YOU GIVE THE REHNQUIST SUPREME COURT...
...court at its best zealously protects enumerated constitutional rights while being wary of interfering with legislative judgments. That was the simple message of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. The Rehnquist court has shown great restraint and circumspection on extraordinarily sensitive issues, such as assisted suicide. On other highly controversial, divisive issues, the court has not been exquisitely Holmesian. It's a mixed report card...
...separation of church and state, DR. MICHAEL NEWDOW did a pretty good job for a nonpracticing lawyer. The physician and atheist, who brought the original suit (a California court ruled in his favor), sparred ably with the Justices and even drew applause at one point--before Chief Justice William Rehnquist threatened to clear the courtroom...
According to Rehnquist, while states can extend existing scholarships to theology students, they have no constitutional obligation...