Last updated on:
11/26/2007 |
Author: ProCon.org
William Hubbs Rehnquist, LLB Biography
- Title:
- Former Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
- Position:
- None Found to the question "Should People Who Have Completed Felony Sentences Be Allowed to Vote?"
- Reasoning:
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No position found as of Nov. 26, 2007
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Chief Justice of the United States (Nominated by President Ronald Reagan; confirmed 65–33 by the Senate), 1986–2005
- Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court (Nominated by President Richard Nixon; confirmed 68–26 by the Senate), 1972–1986
- Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Legal Counsel, 1969-1971
- Private law practice in Arizona (active in the Republican Party and served as a legal advisor to Barry Goldwater’s 1964 presidential campaign), 1953-1969
- Law Clerk for Justice Robert H. Jackson, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1951-1952
- U.S. Army Air Corps (weather observer in North Africa), 1943-1946
- Education:
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- LLB, Government, Stanford Law School, 1952
- BA and MA, Political Science, Stanford University, 1948
- Other:
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- Born Oct. 1, 1924
- Deceased Sep. 3, 2005