Rehnquist Court

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The Rehnquist Court was the era of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1986 to 2005, marked by a conservative shift in constitutional law under Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist.

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instanceOf era of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
judicial era ⓘ
apexCourt Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
branchOfGovernment Judicial branch of the United States ⓘ
characterizedBy incremental approach to overturning precedents ⓘ
limitations on Congress’s commerce clause power ⓘ
narrowing of some Warren Court criminal procedure precedents ⓘ
strengthening of states’ rights under the Tenth Amendment ⓘ
chiefJustice William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
compositionIncludes Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
Antonin Scalia ⓘ
Clarence Thomas ⓘ
David H. Souter ⓘ
John Paul Stevens ⓘ
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endYear 2005 ⓘ
followedBy Roberts Court ⓘ
ideologicalOrientation conservative ⓘ
jurisdiction United States Constitution ⓘ
federal law of the United States ⓘ
landmarkDecision Bush v. Gore ⓘ
City of Boerne v. Flores ⓘ
Lawrence v. Texas ⓘ
Planned Parenthood v. Casey ⓘ
Printz v. United States ⓘ
Roper v. Simmons ⓘ
Seminole Tribe v. Florida ⓘ
United States v. Lopez ⓘ
United States v. Morrison ⓘ
legalStatus historical period ⓘ
namedAfter William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
notableAreaOfLaw First Amendment law ⓘ
abortion law ⓘ
civil rights ⓘ
commerce clause jurisprudence ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
criminal procedure ⓘ
federalism ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
numberOfJustices 9 ⓘ
precededBy Burger Court ⓘ
presidentialAppointerOfMembers Bill Clinton ⓘ
George H. W. Bush ⓘ
Gerald Ford ⓘ
Richard Nixon ⓘ
Ronald Reagan ⓘ
startYear 1986 ⓘ

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William H. Rehnquist → memberOf → Rehnquist Court ⓘ
City of Boerne v. Flores → decidedBy → Rehnquist Court ⓘ
United States v. Morrison → decidedBy → Rehnquist Court ⓘ
Alabama v. Shelton → hasTimePeriod → Rehnquist Court ⓘ
John Paul Stevens → isPartOf → Rehnquist Court ⓘ
subject linked to: John
BE&K Construction Co. v. NLRB → timePeriod → Rehnquist Court ⓘ
Warren Burger Court → followedBy → Rehnquist Court ⓘ
Burger Court → followedBy → Rehnquist Court ⓘ
Shaw v. Hunt → timePeriod → Rehnquist Court ⓘ
Roberts Court → precededBy → Rehnquist Court ⓘ
Clinton v. City of New York → decidedBy → Rehnquist Court ⓘ
Rehnquist Court law clerks → servedDuring → Rehnquist Court ⓘ
Hammon v. Indiana → timePeriod → Rehnquist Court–Roberts Court transition era ⓘ
linked to: Rehnquist Court
J.E.B. v. Alabama ex rel. T.B. → decidedBy → Rehnquist Court ⓘ