Chief Justice Rehnquist dies
Passing of conservative voice creates 2d Supreme Court vacancy
WASHINGTON -- Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who turned the nation's highest court in a conservative direction, curbing what he considered excessive judicial activism under his two predecessors, died yesterday at his home in Arlington, Va., after a nearly yearlong battle with cancer. (Full article: 1029 words)
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