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The Rehnquist Court was the period in the history of the Supreme Court of the United States during which William Rehnquist served as Chief Justice.Rehnquist succeeded Warren E. Burger as Chief Justice after the latter's retirement, and Rehnquist held this position until his death in 2005, at which point John Roberts was nominated and confirmed as Rehnquist's replacement.
This is a partial chronological list of cases decided by the United States Supreme Court during the Rehnquist Court, the tenure of Chief Justice William Rehnquist from September 26, 1986, through September 3, 2005. The cases are listed chronologically based on the date that the Supreme Court decided the case.
One of the Rehnquist Court's major developments involved reinforcing and extending the doctrine of sovereign immunity, [91] which limits the ability of Congress to subject non-consenting states to lawsuits by individual citizens seeking money damages. In both Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents (2000) and Board of Trustees of the University of ...
The Rehnquist Court generally took a limited view of Congress's powers under the commerce clause, as exemplified by United States v. Lopez (1995). The Court made numerous controversial decisions, including Texas v. Johnson (1989), which declared that flag burning was a form of speech protected by the First Amendment; Lee v.
The Burger Court ended on September 26, 1986, when Chief Justice Burger retired. He was succeeded as Chief Justice by William Rehnquist, who was elevated to the position of Chief Justice by President Reagan. Rehnquist's Associate Justice seat was filled by Antonin Scalia.
Colorado General Assembly v. Salazar: 541 U.S. 1093 (2004) electoral redistricting Scalia, Thomas: Rehnquist dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari, arguing that the Court should review the Colorado Supreme Court's interpretation of the Federal Elections Clause in the U.S. Constitution that it was up to each state to decide for itself what "Legislature" meant in the context of what ...
The 2004 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 4, 2004, and concluded October 3, 2005. This was the thirty-third and final term of Chief Justice William Rehnquist's tenure on the Court and the nineteenth term as Chief Justice; Rehnquist died on September 3, 2005.
It includes United States Supreme Court cases that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Cases of the Supreme Court of the United States decided by the Rehnquist Court , the period during the tenure of Chief Justice William Rehnquist (1986–2005).