Serving in the Chief Justice's Shadow
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William H. Rehnquist's administrative assistant, Sally M. Rider, plays a quiet but vital support role at the Supreme Court. Recently, she has been one of the few people with daily access to Rehnquist during his illness.
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The prospect that Rehnquist or another justice will step down fires up and frightens activists. By David G. Savage. WASHINGTON -- Social conservatives like Gary Bauer and liberal advocates like Ralph Neas have found something to agree on this year.
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WILLIAM Rehnquist, the 80-year-old chief justice of the US Supreme Court, is not well. He entered Bethesda Naval Hospital and had surgery for thyroid cancer.
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Some watchers of feisty Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia believe he has launched a "charm initiative" to make himself a stronger candidate for the top spot on the high court if the ailing current chief, William H. Rehnquist, leaves.
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NEW DELHI: The politics of exclusion that hounded former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao in the years after he bowed out of office in 1996 seems to have shadowed him on the day after his death as well.
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With Chief Justice William Rehnquist&#39;s hospitalization for thyroid cancer, an important issue in the presidential race gained greater prominence: The next president could play a key role in shaping the US Supreme Court.
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In May 2005, a small group of the president's senior advisers gathered to weigh a historic choice: who should succeed an ailing William H. Rehnquist as chief justice of the United States.
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The news that US Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist has cancer has raised a neglected but weighty factor this election: The next president will very likely choose one or more new Supreme Court justices.
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Chief Justice William Rehnquist&#39;s illness underscores the importance of the presidential election in shaping the US Supreme Court.
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Coming soon to the Supreme Court: a rare appearance by a black lawyer. More than a year has passed since a black lawyer in private practice stood at the lectern in the elegant courtroom and spoke the traditional opening line, "Mr. Chief Justice and may it please the court."
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Jeffrey Toobinâs new book âThe Nineâ not only provides a vivid narrative history of the Supreme courtâs recent history but also gives the reader an intimate look at individual court justices.
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LOS ANGELES _ Justice delayed may be justice denied _but at the end of the day it is incontestably better than nothing. Societies that disrespect the professionalism of their courts ultimately court catastrophe.
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Justice on the part of Israel does not come easily, especially with a government led by the historically hard-line Ariel Sharon. It was the job on Sunday of outgoing US Secretary of State Colin Powell to encourage
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With Supreme Court justices becoming increasingly comfortable in the spotlight, Sen. Arlen Specter says it might finally be time for their close-ups.
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The chief justice, ill with thyroid cancer, will instead participate in certain cases only when necessary to prevent a tie vote, the Supreme Court announced Monday.
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It could have been just idle chitchat among bored prison inmates. The problem was, they weren't your average inmates, and the subject of their threatening chatter was the chief justice of the United States.
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Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist has toured the inaugural site, getting ready for his fifth, and likely final, time swearing in the president.