“There is no doubt Rehnquist contributed significantly to IP, as to other areas of the law.”
Daniel E. Venglarik
“It's hard to imagine a choice more similar to Chief Justice Rehnquist than John Roberts. They both love the law and they both are among a handful of the most intellectually accomplished legal minds.”
Walter Dellinger
“I think, actually, if you want to know where Roberts is on a lot of stuff, Rehnquist is a good place to start,”
Richard Garnett
“Even if he is more likely to be a Rehnquist than a Thomas, the downside of him being a Thomas outweighed the upside of him being a Rehnquist,”
Charles Schumer
“You bet these hearings ought to go forward. I think Bill Rehnquist would be the first to say they ought to go forward,”
Orrin Hatch
“Rehnquist has been enormously influential in curbing, if not reversing, the Court's pro-criminal defendant rulings of the 1960s, in establishing state sovereignty decisions, and in questioning the scope of Congress's enumerated powers, for example, invalidating substantial portions of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act.”
Dennis Hutchinson
“I think Bill Rehnquist would be the first to say he wants them to go forward.”
