Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist chastised Congress in his annual year-end report on the state of the federal judiciary today, criticizing the legislative branch for passing a law in 2003 that ...

When Chief Justice William Rehnquist helped decide the 2000 presidential election, his radical legal theory failed to gain a majority. But today’s conservative court is giving it another chance ...

Rehnquist was unilaterally deciding both of their fates. John O'Connor III had been her devoted husband and given her a lifetime of unconditional love and support.

Rehnquist has been hospitalized with thyroid cancer. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) Ran on: 10-26-2004 Chief Justice William Rehnquist, 80, underwent a tracheotomy over the weekend.

Rehnquist was a steady, guiding presence on the court, Mr. Bush said of the nation's 16th chief justice who died last Saturday at 80. The service drew Washington's power elite, ...

Rehnquist, 78, was "resting comfortably" and will begin physical therapy soon, Arberg said. The Supreme Court's nine justices are scheduled to meet for a conference today, and Rehnquist will ...

Rehnquist`s role in the voter challenges has resurfaced as an issue during confirmation hearings on his nomination as chief justice. Democrats now question the accuracy of […] Skip to content ...

Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, whose lawyer son is helping defend Microsoft against private antitrust lawsuits, participated in a key Supreme Court vote in a Microsoft antitrust case ...

Rehnquist died on September 3, 2005, just before the confirmation hearings for O’Connor’s designated successor were scheduled to begin. Ironically, by persuading O’Connor to retire, ...

The Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday appeared almost certain to approve the nomination of William Rehnquist as chief justice, despite opposition to his civil rights record and a dispute over ...

A Court Divided: The Rehnquist Court and the Future of Constitutional Law By Mark Tushnet (W.W. Norton, 384 pp., $27.95) Learned Hand, an influential federal judge from New York, used to be famous ...

WASHINGTON – Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who’s battling thyroid cancer, was rushed by ambulance to a hospital due to a fever, a Supreme Court spokeswoman said yesterday. The news c… ...