News special reports announce that Chief Justice William Rehnquist, died at his home Saturday.
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OT- US Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist Has Died
Sep 04, 2005
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Um, nice lap robe in that one picture??
(dragging this back to sewing)
--Karen D.
Did he sew?
Not sure, but I think he did this to show he was the head honcho, top of the heap, big cheese, or simply put THE chief justice.
:-)
According to Linda Greenhouse, who wrote his obituary for the New York Times, he was a private joker. He loved Gilbert and Sullivan, and took several cues from a local production of "Iolanthe". After the Clinton impeachment trial, at which he presided, he told reporters, "I did nothing in particular and I did it very well." In that production, the Lord Chancellor appeared in black robes with four gold stripes; a few weeks later, so did the Chief Justice. It's easy to imagine him tongue in cheek ..
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