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William Hubbs Rehnquist [a] (October 1, 1924 – September 3, 2005) was an American attorney and jurist who served as the 16th chief justice of the United States from 1986 until his death in 2005, having previously been an associate justice from 1972 to 1986.
The first attempt to invoke cloture on a Supreme Court nomination occurred in 1968 on the nomination to elevate Associate Justice Abe Fortas to chief justice. The first cloture motion to succeed was on the 1986 nomination to elevate Associate Justice William Rehnquist to chief justice. [76]
Powell and Assistant Attorney General William H. Rehnquist were both nominated on October 21, 1971. The Senate confirmed Powell by a vote of 89–1 on December 6, 1971. [19] Fred R. Harris (D-OK) was the only senator to oppose the nomination. [19]
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.
Rehnquist Court decisions 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.
Every recess appointed justice was later nominated to the same position, and all but one—John Rutledge in 1795 to be chief justice—was confirmed by the Senate. [5] The 1795 Rutledge nomination was the first Supreme Court nomination to be rejected by the Senate; the most recent nomination to be voted down was that of Robert Bork in 1987. [3]
Black and Harlan both died in 1971, and Nixon replaced them with Lewis F. Powell, Jr. and William Rehnquist. Nixon considered Mildred Lillie for nomination, but according to former White House Counsel John Dean, Chief Justice Warren E. Burger was deeply opposed to the idea of a woman on the court at the time. [4]
When it became apparent that this 12-member committee would find that both were unqualified, Nixon passed over Friday and Lillie, [47] and nominated Lewis Powell and William Rehnquist. Powell was confirmed by an 89–1 vote, and Rehnquist was confirmed 68–26.