Personal Reflections On the Chief
Texas Review of Law & Politics › Vol. 10 Nbr. 2, April 2006
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Garnett presents his views on Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist. Running through Rehnquist's opinions on any number of issues, from assisted suicide to abortion to Christmas displays to campaign finance, is a commitment to the notion that the Constitution leaves the hard questions, generally speaking, to the people.
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Personal Reflections On the Chief
On February 1, 1952, a young man, then recently graduated from the Stanford Law School, completed a long drive from Wisconsin in his 1941 Studebaker and reported to Washington, D.C. as a law clerk to Justice Robert H. Jackson. It was, as this young lawyer would later put it, "a highly prized position; I was surprised to have been chosen for it, and certainly I did not want to be late."' I know the feeling.
I was more than surprised in June 1995 when by then Chief Justice Rehnquist invited me to interview for a law clerk position in his chambers. And I also approached the interview with, in his words, fear and trembling, all too aware that the opportunity owed much to a large element of luck. Later, the Chiefs incomparably able assistants Janet and Laverne would needle me for having arrived at the Court su...See the full content of this document
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