Bush and Others Remember Rehnquist
Posted on September 7, 2005
Bush, O’Connor, Family Remember Rehnquist.
“We remember the integrity and the sense of duty that he brought to every task before him,” Bush told the funeral audience during a two-hour service at historic St. Matthew’s Cathedral. Rehnquist was a steady, guiding presence on the court, Bush said of the nation’s 16th chief justice who died last Saturday at 80.
The service drew Washington’s power elite, including the eight Supreme Court justices and John Roberts, a former Rehnquist law clerk whom Bush has named to succeed him.
Rehnquist, a veteran of the Army Air Forces in World War II, was buried in a private ceremony in Arlington National Cemetery in a grave not far from those of several other justices. His headstone was not yet engraved. From the grave site, where his wife was buried in 1991, the Capitol is visible.
Despite battling thyroid cancer, Rehnquist managed to attend Bush’s second inauguration in January – a gesture the president recalled with appreciation. “Many will never forget the sight of this man, weakened by illness, rise to his full height and say in a strong voice, `Raise your right hand, Mr. President, and repeat after me,’” Bush said.
Outside The Beltway has a tribute.
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Rehquist was an amazing man. He was one of the 2 dissenters in Roe Vs. Wade. I only hope Roberts will be as good. They both seem to interpret the Constitution and not be interested in legislating from the bench.
http://dumbgirl.squarespace.com/blog/2005/9/4/death-of-supreme-court-chief-justice.html
I’ll “track you back”.
“Many will never forget the sight of this man, weakened by illness, rise to his full height and say in a strong voice, `Raise your right hand, Mr. President, and repeat after me,’”
“No…your other right hand”