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Chief Justice Rehnquist Dies at Home
Associated Press ^ | Sep 03 11:11 PM US/Eastern

Posted on 09/03/2005 8:17:02 PM PDT by zahal724

Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist died Saturday evening at his home in suburban Virginia, said Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg.

A statement from the spokeswoman said he was surrounded by his three children when he died in Arlington.

"The Chief Justice battled thyroid cancer since being diagnosed last October and continued to perform his dues on the court until a precipitous decline in his health the last couple of days," she said.

Rehnquist was appointed to the Supreme Court as an associate justice in 1971 by President Nixon and took his seat on Jan. 7, 1982. He was elevated to chief justice by President Reagan in 1986.


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: arlingtonva; chiefjustice; obituary; rehnquist; scotus
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To: zahal724; Congressman Billybob
A shame for him to pass away.

I suppose I would do the same, especially if people were thinking I should "retire".

41 posted on 09/03/2005 8:33:21 PM PDT by Experiment 6-2-6 (Previously known as Pookie Me, a Freeper since 7 September 1998. All who joined later are newbies!)
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To: Jemian

Potential DU Rant: "Karl Rove poisoned Rehnquist to divert attention from Bush's miserable failure with Hurricane Katrina."


42 posted on 09/03/2005 8:33:24 PM PDT by nhoward14
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To: zahal724

I'm happy he died at his home. Its got to be easier that way.


43 posted on 09/03/2005 8:34:10 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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To: GopherIt

Indeed. God rest his great, wise American soul. We owe him a debt of gratitude. Till the end, he tried to do what was right for the United States, voting against Kelo.

I now find myself desperate about what's going to happen. Ann Coulter is not a Roberts fan. I hope that he's conservative, but more so, I hope that the next one that President Bush appoints is infinitely more conservative. I don't remember who it was, but David Brooks had expressed a wish in his column about what the nominee should be and then he said 'like xyz' - can't remember who it was.

I'm comforted tonight by the thought that the Rehnquists know what a great American their father was. Certainly, we at Free Republic won't soon forget.

RIP Judge Rehnquist.


44 posted on 09/03/2005 8:34:52 PM PDT by definitelynotaliberal
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To: mhking
Where's Howard Dean?

Whats the connection to Howard Dean?

45 posted on 09/03/2005 8:36:07 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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To: zahal724

When it rains, it pours...


46 posted on 09/03/2005 8:36:13 PM PDT by sourcery ("Compelling State Interest" is the refuge of judicial activist traitors against the Constitution)
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To: Experiment 6-2-6

I am so sorry to hear of the news. When is the last time a justice died in office? It must be decades.

Now we are going to have another huge battle. Beyond Roberts, the successor to Rehnquist will have a tough time getting through.

With Katrina, the Roberts hearings, and now this news, poor Cindy Sheehan will be all but forgotten. ;)


47 posted on 09/03/2005 8:36:24 PM PDT by TNCMAXQ
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To: zahal724

Rehnquist fought until the end. Obviously one hell of a man.


48 posted on 09/03/2005 8:36:34 PM PDT by The Duke
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To: zahal724

I was startled to see this on Fox a few minutes ago. I didn't know he'd suddenly begun to fail. Rest in peace, Justice Rehnquist, and may God comfort your family.


49 posted on 09/03/2005 8:37:33 PM PDT by American Quilter
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To: zahal724

May his soul, and the souls of all the Faithful departed, rest in peace.


50 posted on 09/03/2005 8:38:01 PM PDT by John Galt's cousin
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To: zahal724

A good man. Born Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1 Oct 1924.
He will be missed. Prayers up for the man and his family.


51 posted on 09/03/2005 8:38:18 PM PDT by gpapa (Boost FR Traffic! Make FR your home page!)
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To: zahal724

Thanks for your contribution. Go with God, Judge Rehnquist.


52 posted on 09/03/2005 8:38:39 PM PDT by E=MC<sup>2</sup> (Are liberals born stupid, or do they have to work at it???)
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To: TNCMAXQ

Forget Cindy Saehag,she is old news. Nixon did do something right.


53 posted on 09/03/2005 8:38:40 PM PDT by pitbully ( Living Free in America,Thank You Pres. Bush !!)
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To: The Duke
By serving until death, is it too much to hope that the Dems don't say he timed his resignation to let a Republican appoint his successor?
54 posted on 09/03/2005 8:42:22 PM PDT by LachlanMinnesota
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To: zahal724
Eternal rest grant unto him

Let perpetual Light shine on him

May he rest in peace.
55 posted on 09/03/2005 8:43:42 PM PDT by Talking_Mouse (Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just... Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Talking_Mouse

It is shaping up to be a huge political season. WOW


56 posted on 09/03/2005 8:45:02 PM PDT by ClaireSolt (.)
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To: Doe Eyes
Whats the connection to Howard Dean?

How long before he starts whining about how evil the GOP is over this...

57 posted on 09/03/2005 8:45:06 PM PDT by mhking (The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
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To: UB355
President Bush should immediately nominate Ruth Bader Ginsberg to be the new Chief Justice. She has such tremendous knowledge of and respect for the Constitution.

Wow! This is some good crack!

58 posted on 09/03/2005 8:46:23 PM PDT by StockAyatollah
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To: zahal724
The research already done by his staff since Justice O'Connor's retirement announcement should make it easy for President Bush to decide who he'll nominate to replace Justice Rehnquist. I imagine he won't make the announcement for a week or two, out of respect for Justice Rehnquest's family.

Is there any protocol that requires him to wait for Judge Roberts to be confirmed before he announces the next nominee? Certainly the Democrats will drag both proceedings out as long as possible. And if President Bush announces a nominee in less than two weeks, the Dems will squall about his lack of respect for Rehnquist.

59 posted on 09/03/2005 8:48:15 PM PDT by American Quilter
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To: zahal724

Quotes from William Rehnquist.......

""On the case of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg: "[I am mystified at why] the highest court of the nation must behave like a bunch of old women every time they encounter the death penalty."

"It is truly surprising that the state must assign a greater value to a mother's decision to cut off a potential human life by abortion than to a father's decision to let it mature into a live child."


60 posted on 09/03/2005 8:49:17 PM PDT by nuconvert (No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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