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William Rehnquist
William Hubbs Rehnquist
(October 1, 1924 – September 3, 2005) was an
American lawyer
,
jurist
, and
political figure
who served as an
Associate Justice
of the
Supreme Court of the United States
and later as the 16th
Chief Justice of the United States
. Considered a conservative, Rehnquist favored a conception of
federalism
that emphasized the
Tenth Amendment
's reservation of powers to the states. Under this view of federalism, the
Supreme Court of the United States
, for the first time since the 1930s,
struck down an Act of Congress
as exceeding its power under the
Commerce Clause
.
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