William Rehnquist

(noun)

An American lawyer, jurist, and political figure who served as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States and later as the 16th Chief Justice of the United States; considered a conservative, he favored a conception of federalism that emphasized the Tenth Amendment's reservation of powers to the states.

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Examples of William Rehnquist in the following topics:

  • The Election of 1988

    • Chief Justice William Rehnquist administered the oath of office to Bush during inaugural ceremonies at the United States Capitol on January 20, 1989.

  • Battles in the Courts and Congress

    • In 1986, during his second term, the President Reagan elevated Justice William Rehnquist to succeed outgoing Chief Justice Warren Burger and named Antonin Scalia to occupy the seat left by Rehnquist.

  • The Impeachment of Bill Clinton

    • The Senate trial began on January 7, 1999, with Chief Justice of the United States William Rehnquist presiding.

  • The George H.W. Bush Administration

    • Chief Justice William Rehnquist administered the oath of office to Bush during inaugural ceremonies at the United States Capitol on January 20, 1989.

  • The Glorious Revolution

    • The Glorious Revolution was the peaceful overthrow and replacement of King James II with William III and Mary II of England.
    • In February 1689, William and his wife became joint monarchs as William III and Mary II of England .
    • King James was deposed in the Revolution of 1688 by William III.
    • Prince of Orange Landing at Torbay, engraving by William Miller after J M W Turner, 1852
    • William of Orange successfully invaded England with a Dutch fleet in the Glorious Revolution of 1688

  • From Roosevelt to Taft

    • In 1908, Theodore Roosevelt persuaded the Republican Party to nominate William Howard Taft to run against Democratic candidate William Bryan.
    • The United States presidential election of 1908 was between Republican party candidate William Howard Taft and Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan.
    • On their side, the Democrats, after badly losing the 1904 election with a conservative candidate, turned to two-time nominee William Jennings Bryan, who had been defeated in 1896 and 1900 by Republican William McKinley.

  • Rhode Island

    • Rhode Island was formed as an English colony by Roger Williams and others fleeing prosecution from Puritans.
    • Williams named the other islands in the Narragansett Bay after virtues: Patience Island, Prudence Island, and Hope Island.
    • Williams wrote favorably about the American Indian peoples, contrasting their virtues with Puritan New England’s intolerance.
    • In 1644, Roger Williams secured a land patent establishing the Incorporation of Providence Plantations in the Narragansett Bay.
    • Engraved print depicting Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island, meeting with the Narragansett Indians.

  • The People's Party and the Election of 1896

    • When the Republicans nominated former Ohio Governor William McKinley for president in June 1896 and passed at his request a platform strongly supporting the gold standard, a number of "Silver Republicans" walked out of the convention.
    • In that year's presidential election, the Democrats nominated William Jennings Bryan, who focused (as Populists rarely did) on the free silver issue as a solution to the economic depression and the maldistribution of power.
    • He lost to Republican William McKinley by a margin of 600,000 votes, losing again in a 1900 rematch by a larger margin.
    • Assess the significance to the Populist Party William Jennings Bryan's 1896 presidential campaign

  • Pennsylvania and Delaware

    • William Penn founded the Pennsylvania Colony in 1681 and brought over Quaker dissidents from England, Wales, the Netherlands, and France.
    • In 1681, William Penn founded the Province of Pennsylvania, also known as Pennsylvania Colony, in British America by royal charter.
    • William Penn had asked for and later received the lands of Delaware from the Duke of York.
    • Benjamin West's painting (in 1771) of William Penn's 1682 treaty with the Lenni Lenape.
    • William Penn, holding paper, standing and facing King Charles II, in the King's breakfast chamber at Whitehall.

  • The Last Days of the Federal Presidency: The Midnight Judges

    • This appointment of the so-called "midnight judges" to the Supreme Court angered Democratic-Republicans, and Jefferson refused to allow the midnight judges (including William Marbury) to take office .
    • William Marbury (1762–1835) was one of the "midnight judges" appointed by United States President John Adams the day before he left office.