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- Diagnosed with thyroid cancer in October 2004, Rehnquist continued to work and defied expectations that he would retire after the court’s 2005 session.
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On July 1, 2005, Justice O'Connor announced her impending retirement from the Court after consulting with Rehnquist and learning that he had no intention to retire. To a reporter who asked whether he would be retiring, Rehnquist replied, "That's for me to know and you to find out."
When attempts to find a suitable candidate to replace retiring justice John Marshall Harlan had reached an impasse, Mitchell informed Rehnquist that they had settled on someone–Rehnquist himself. He was nominated as an Associate Justice on October 21, 1971.
Oct 28, 2012 · Appointed by Richard Nixon in 1971 to a liberal-dominated high court in the aftermath of the volatile 1960s, Rehnquist died of cancer in 2005 while still serving in the job he loved and presided...
Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who served on the Supreme Court for 33 years, 18 of them as chief justice, died yesterday of thyroid cancer. His death is likely to spur a fierce confirmation...
Sep 4, 2005 · Partly because of Rehnquist’s reorientation of the federalist balance, “he is one of the most important figures in the entire history of American law,” says Cass Sunstein, a law professor...
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Sep 4, 2005 · Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who steered the Supreme Court on a more conservative course during more than 33 years on the bench and who presided over the impeachment trial of one...
Diagnosed with thyroid cancer in October 2004, Rehnquist continued to work and defied expectations that he would retire after the court’s 2005 session. He died in his home in Arlington, Va., on September 3.
