Is Rehnquist Losing Influence?
by TChris
Linda Greenhouse opines that this was the term in which Chief Justice Rehnquist lost his court.
One statistic is particularly telling. There were 18 cases this term decided by five-member majorities .... Of the 18 cases, Chief Justice Rehnquist was in the majority in only eight.
Blakely is among the latest of the 5-4 decisions in which Rehnquist's reading of the Constitution failed to command a majority. A court on which Rehnquist is a frequent dissenter must be doing something right. Greenhouse offers a lengthy analysis of Rehnquist's waning influence upon the Court's decisions.
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