Supreme Court Has Rare Pair of Vacancies

AP Online | September 4, 2005| | Copyright

The Associated Press
AP Online
09-04-2005
The last time there were two openings at the Supreme Court, William H. Rehnquist was a Justice Department lawyer advising President Nixon on how to handle the rare opportunity. Rehnquist, who was named to fill one of those openings, died Saturday night of cancer, giving President Bush a rare pair of vacancies at the high court.

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_1971: Justice Hugo Black stepped down on Sept. 17 and Justice John Marshall Harlan retired on Sept. 23. Lewis Powell replaced Black and Rehnquist took Harlan's ...

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