CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST AS THIRD BRANCH LEADER

From: Judicature | Date: November 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

By all accounts,

William Rehnquist undertook his role as administrative leader of the federal judiciary in a fair, even-handed, and thoroughly unpretentious way.

A chief justice's roles include the familiar (first among equals on the Court), the visible (administering the presidential oath of office) and the rare (presiding over presidential impeachments). Increasingly important, but little recognized beyond the federal courts, is the role of third branch leader and head of the administrative apparatus that sets judicial administration policy, deals with Congress, and determines the ...

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