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William Rehnquist

1924 - 2005

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William Hubbs Rehnquist (October 1, 1924 – September 3, 2005) was an American attorney and jurist who served as the 16th chief justice of the United States from 1986 until his death in 2005, having previously been an associate justice from 1972 to 1986. Considered a staunch conservative, Rehnquist favored a conception of federalism that emphasized the Tenth Amendment's reservation of powers to the states. Under this view of federalism, the Court, for the first time since the 1930s, struck down an act of Congress as exceeding its power under the Commerce Clause. Rehnquist grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and served in the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Rehnquist has received more than 4,374,865 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 34 in 2019). William Rehnquist is the 66th most popular lawyer (down from 53rd in 2019), the 5,856th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,317th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Lawyer.

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Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, William Rehnquist ranks 66 out of 136. Before him are Louis Brandeis, Roy Cohn, René David, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., James B. Donovan, and Abdulqawi Yusuf. After him are John Selden, Koen Lenaerts, Navi Pillay, Wendell Willkie, Henry de Bracton, and Lawrence Lessig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, William Rehnquist ranks 290. Before him are Inge Sørensen, Inji Aflatoun, Aloísio Lorscheider, John Love, Karel Kachyňa, and Ricardo Infante. After him are Abdulah Gegić, Yuri Bondarev, Leonard Rosenman, Michael Sela, Lola Albright, and Oldřich Lipský. Among people deceased in 2005, William Rehnquist ranks 201. Before him are Sígfrid Gràcia, Saunders Mac Lane, Larry Collins, Charles David Keeling, Abdallah Ibrahim, and John Love. After him are Serge Lang, Ossie Davis, Jesús Moncada, Vladimir Kotelnikov, John Vernon, and Rong Yiren.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Rehnquist ranks 5,856 out of 20,380. Before him are Arthur Golden (1956), Milman Parry (1902), Fred Alderman (1905), Juan Trippe (1899), Joe Lieberman (1942), and Steven Adler (1965). After him are James L. Elliot (1943), Khandi Alexander (1957), Chad Stahelski (1968), Louise Dresser (1878), Mark Tobey (1890), and Benjamin Orr (1947).

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Among LAWYERS In United States

Among lawyers born in United States, William Rehnquist ranks 13. Before him are Robert Bilott (1965), Paul Alexander (1946), Louis Brandeis (1856), Roy Cohn (1927), Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841), and James B. Donovan (1916). After him are Wendell Willkie (1892), Lawrence Lessig (1961), Merrick Garland (1952), Michael Cohen (1966), Clarence Darrow (1857), and Ken Starr (1946).

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