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The Constitution does not guarantee the right to acquire information at a public library without any risk of embarrassment. - William Rehnquist Quotes

The Constitution does not guarantee the right to acquire information at a public library without any risk of embarrassment.

William Rehnquist

But the greatest injury of the 'wall' notion is its mischievous diversion of judges from the actual intentions of the drafters of the Bill of Rights. . . . The

But the greatest injury of the 'wall' notion is its mischievous diversion of judges from the actual intentions of the drafters of the Bill of Rights. . . . The "wall of separation between church and state" is a metaphor based on bad history, a metaphor which has proved useless as a guide to judging. It should be frankly and explicitly abandoned.

William Rehnquist

But the greatest injury of the 'wall' notion is its mischievous diversion of judges from the actual intentions of the drafters of the Bill of Rights. . . . The

But the greatest injury of the 'wall' notion is its mischievous diversion of judges from the actual intentions of the drafters of the Bill of Rights. . . . The "wall of separation between church and state" is a metaphor based on bad history, a metaphor which has proved useless as a guide to judging. It should be frankly and explicitly abandoned.

William Rehnquist

We decline to overrule Miranda ourselves, - William Rehnquist Quotes

We decline to overrule Miranda ourselves,

William Rehnquist

Not guilty as charged. - William Rehnquist Quotes

Not guilty as charged.

William Rehnquist

The Constitution requires that Congress treat similarly situated persons similarly, not that it engage in gestures of superficial equality. - William Rehnquist Quotes

The Constitution requires that Congress treat similarly situated persons similarly, not that it engage in gestures of superficial equality.

William Rehnquist

Even today, when society's views on abortion are changing, the very existence of the debate is evidence that the `right' to an abortion is not so universally accepted as (Roe) would have us believe. - William Rehnquist Quotes

Even today, when society's views on abortion are changing, the very existence of the debate is evidence that the `right' to an abortion is not so universally accepted as (Roe) would have us believe.

William Rehnquist

[Jury selection] . . . is best based upon seat-of-the-pants instincts, which are undoubtedly crudely stereotypical and may in many cases be hopelessly mistaken. - William Rehnquist Quotes

[Jury selection] . . . is best based upon seat-of-the-pants instincts, which are undoubtedly crudely stereotypical and may in many cases be hopelessly mistaken.

William Rehnquist

I think it's safe to say that no one smelled more roses than my dad, - William Rehnquist Quotes

I think it's safe to say that no one smelled more roses than my dad,

William Rehnquist

Dad

When you are young and impecunious, society conditions you to exchange time for money, and this is quite as it should be. Very few people are hurt by having to work for a living. But as you become more affluent, it somehow is very, very difficult to reverse that process and begin trading money for time. - William Rehnquist Quotes

When you are young and impecunious, society conditions you to exchange time for money, and this is quite as it should be. Very few people are hurt by having to work for a living. But as you become more affluent, it somehow is very, very difficult to reverse that process and begin trading money for time.

William Rehnquist

Money

It is impossible to build sound constitutional doctrine upon a mistaken understanding of constitutional history. . . . The establishment clause has been expressly freighted with Jefferson's misleading metaphor for nearly forty years. . . . There is simply no historical foundation for the proposition that the framers intended to build a wall of separation [between church and state]. . . . The recent court decisions are in no way based on either the language or the intent of the framers. - William Rehnquist Quotes

It is impossible to build sound constitutional doctrine upon a mistaken understanding of constitutional history. . . . The establishment clause has been expressly freighted with Jefferson's misleading metaphor for nearly forty years. . . . There is simply no historical foundation for the proposition that the framers intended to build a wall of separation [between church and state]. . . . The recent court decisions are in no way based on either the language or the intent of the framers.

William Rehnquist

It is truly surprising that the state must assign a greater value to a mother's decision to cut off a potential human life by abortion than to a father's decision to let it mature into a live child. - William Rehnquist Quotes

It is truly surprising that the state must assign a greater value to a mother's decision to cut off a potential human life by abortion than to a father's decision to let it mature into a live child.

William Rehnquist

Somewhere out there, beyond the walls of the courthouse, run currents and tides of public opinion which lap at the courtroom door. - William Rehnquist Quotes

Somewhere out there, beyond the walls of the courthouse, run currents and tides of public opinion which lap at the courtroom door.

William Rehnquist

Our judges will not continue to represent the diverse face of America if only the well-to-do or the mediocre are willing to become judges. - William Rehnquist Quotes

Our judges will not continue to represent the diverse face of America if only the well-to-do or the mediocre are willing to become judges.

William Rehnquist

The Supreme Court is an institution far more dominated by centrifugal forces, pushing toward individuality and independence, than it is by centripetal forces pulling for hierarchical ordering and institutional unity. - William Rehnquist Quotes

The Supreme Court is an institution far more dominated by centrifugal forces, pushing toward individuality and independence, than it is by centripetal forces pulling for hierarchical ordering and institutional unity.

William Rehnquist

A public library does not acquire Internet terminals in order to create a public forum for Web publishers to express themselves, any more than it collects books in order to provide a public forum for the authors of books to speak. - William Rehnquist Quotes

A public library does not acquire Internet terminals in order to create a public forum for Web publishers to express themselves, any more than it collects books in order to provide a public forum for the authors of books to speak.

William Rehnquist

The American judicial system is admired throughout the world. - William Rehnquist Quotes

The American judicial system is admired throughout the world.

William Rehnquist

The framers of our Constitution came up with two major contributions to the art of government. The first was the idea of an executive not dependent on the political support of the legislature. The second was the idea of the judiciary independent of the executive and legislative branches. - William Rehnquist Quotes

The framers of our Constitution came up with two major contributions to the art of government. The first was the idea of an executive not dependent on the political support of the legislature. The second was the idea of the judiciary independent of the executive and legislative branches.

William Rehnquist

Art

Inadequate compensation seriously compromises the judicial independence fostered by life tenure. That low salaries might force judges to return to the private sector rather than stay on the bench risks affecting judicial performance. . . . Every time an experienced judge leaves the bench, the nation suffers temporary loss in judicial productivity. Diminishing judicial salaries affects not only those who have become judges but also the pool of those willing to be considered for a position on the federal bench. - William Rehnquist Quotes

Inadequate compensation seriously compromises the judicial independence fostered by life tenure. That low salaries might force judges to return to the private sector rather than stay on the bench risks affecting judicial performance. . . . Every time an experienced judge leaves the bench, the nation suffers temporary loss in judicial productivity. Diminishing judicial salaries affects not only those who have become judges but also the pool of those willing to be considered for a position on the federal bench.

William Rehnquist

Force

Pregnancy is of course confined to women, but it is in other ways significantly different from the typical covered disease or disability. - William Rehnquist Quotes

Pregnancy is of course confined to women, but it is in other ways significantly different from the typical covered disease or disability.

William Rehnquist

A father's interest in having a child -- perhaps his only child -- may be unmatched by any other interest in life. - William Rehnquist Quotes

A father's interest in having a child -- perhaps his only child -- may be unmatched by any other interest in life.

William Rehnquist

It's the thing in itself that justifies it. - William Rehnquist Quotes

It's the thing in itself that justifies it.

William Rehnquist

I wrote this book for a sense of personal satisfaction. Just like taking a good photograph or painting a picture or playing a good golf game or something, it's the thing in itself that justifies it. - William Rehnquist Quotes

I wrote this book for a sense of personal satisfaction. Just like taking a good photograph or painting a picture or playing a good golf game or something, it's the thing in itself that justifies it.

William Rehnquist

To the extent that libraries wish to offer unfiltered access, they are free to do so without federal assistance. - William Rehnquist Quotes

To the extent that libraries wish to offer unfiltered access, they are free to do so without federal assistance.

William Rehnquist

To reach its result, the court necessarily has had to find within the scope of the 14th Amendment a right that was apparently completely unknown to the drafters of the amendment, - William Rehnquist Quotes

To reach its result, the court necessarily has had to find within the scope of the 14th Amendment a right that was apparently completely unknown to the drafters of the amendment,

William Rehnquist

I leave you now a wiser, but not a sadder, man, - William Rehnquist Quotes

I leave you now a wiser, but not a sadder, man,

William Rehnquist

Man

a gentle dignity and an unfailing sense of purpose and sometimes a sense of humor. - William Rehnquist Quotes

a gentle dignity and an unfailing sense of purpose and sometimes a sense of humor.

William Rehnquist

I used to worry about every little footnote, ... Now I realize you just need five votes. - William Rehnquist Quotes

I used to worry about every little footnote, ... Now I realize you just need five votes.

William Rehnquist

Worry

the fairest, most efficient boss I have ever had. - William Rehnquist Quotes

the fairest, most efficient boss I have ever had.

William Rehnquist

Boss

I didn't know we had that many people on our court. - William Rehnquist Quotes

I didn't know we had that many people on our court.

William Rehnquist

We start with first principles. The Constitution created a federal government [whose] powers are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the state governments are numerous and indefinite, - William Rehnquist Quotes

We start with first principles. The Constitution created a federal government [whose] powers are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the state governments are numerous and indefinite,

William Rehnquist

He was a man of character and dedication. - William Rehnquist Quotes

He was a man of character and dedication.

William Rehnquist

[First, he found in the Texas anti-abortion law no violation of due process because the traditional test--rational relation to a valid state objective--was easily satisfied. As to the majority in Roe having cranked up the test--the law could be sustained only if the State could show a] compelling state interest, ... the history of the Fourteenth Amendment. - William Rehnquist Quotes

[First, he found in the Texas anti-abortion law no violation of due process because the traditional test--rational relation to a valid state objective--was easily satisfied. As to the majority in Roe having cranked up the test--the law could be sustained only if the State could show a] compelling state interest, ... the history of the Fourteenth Amendment.

William Rehnquist

[Professor Barton H.] Buzz ... He was a great jurist with sharp logic, a photographic memory, and a love of history. He leaves as his legacy not only scores of precedent-setting legal decisions but the modern conservative legal movement. He was the favorite of years of law clerks who always found him willing to take the time to offer personal advice. Those of us fortunate enough to get to know him outside the courtroom will miss him for his humor, friendship, warmth, and tennis game. - William Rehnquist Quotes

[Professor Barton H.] Buzz ... He was a great jurist with sharp logic, a photographic memory, and a love of history. He leaves as his legacy not only scores of precedent-setting legal decisions but the modern conservative legal movement. He was the favorite of years of law clerks who always found him willing to take the time to offer personal advice. Those of us fortunate enough to get to know him outside the courtroom will miss him for his humor, friendship, warmth, and tennis game.

William Rehnquist

has been repeatedly reaffirmed by a changing group of justices. - William Rehnquist Quotes

has been repeatedly reaffirmed by a changing group of justices.

William Rehnquist

Garvey said. ''He's been very important in getting the court to recognize limitations on congressional power. - William Rehnquist Quotes

Garvey said. ''He's been very important in getting the court to recognize limitations on congressional power.

William Rehnquist

Power

an excellent administrator. No justice ever missed a deadline in the time he served. - William Rehnquist Quotes

an excellent administrator. No justice ever missed a deadline in the time he served.

William Rehnquist

As the demographic makeup of this pool changes, it seems entirely likely that the under-representation of minorities to which you refer in your letter will also change, - William Rehnquist Quotes

As the demographic makeup of this pool changes, it seems entirely likely that the under-representation of minorities to which you refer in your letter will also change,

William Rehnquist

to say that it is easily applied is just a myth. - William Rehnquist Quotes

to say that it is easily applied is just a myth.

William Rehnquist

No exact formula can dictate a resolution in fact-intensive cases such as this, - William Rehnquist Quotes

No exact formula can dictate a resolution in fact-intensive cases such as this,

William Rehnquist

And the public visiting the capitol grounds is more likely to have considered the religious aspect of the tablets' message as part of what is a broader moral and historical message. - William Rehnquist Quotes

And the public visiting the capitol grounds is more likely to have considered the religious aspect of the tablets' message as part of what is a broader moral and historical message.

William Rehnquist

We strike down the floating buffer zones around people entering and leaving the clinics because they burden more speech than is necessary to serve the relevant government interests, - William Rehnquist Quotes

We strike down the floating buffer zones around people entering and leaving the clinics because they burden more speech than is necessary to serve the relevant government interests,

William Rehnquist

great wisdom and grace as your predecessor. - William Rehnquist Quotes

great wisdom and grace as your predecessor.

William Rehnquist

Grace

All principles of antitrust law are court made, so we need to be as clear as possible. - William Rehnquist Quotes

All principles of antitrust law are court made, so we need to be as clear as possible.

William Rehnquist

Law

Commutation decisions have not traditionally been the business of the courts, ... As such, they are rarely, if ever, appropriate subjects for judicial review. - William Rehnquist Quotes

Commutation decisions have not traditionally been the business of the courts, ... As such, they are rarely, if ever, appropriate subjects for judicial review.

William Rehnquist

Miranda announced a constitutional rule that Congress may not supersede legislatively. - William Rehnquist Quotes

Miranda announced a constitutional rule that Congress may not supersede legislatively.

William Rehnquist

Garvey said. ''He's been very important in getting the court to recognize limitations on congressional power. - William Rehnquist Quotes

Garvey said. ''He's been very important in getting the court to recognize limitations on congressional power.

William Rehnquist

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