Contrary to what you may have read...

[trainedseal]

Justice Rehnquist was a total asshole.

Or at least that's what Alan Dershowitz argues.

What he says about Rehnquist's personal views on race and religion run counter to Laurence Tribe's opinion of the man (which Ben posted recently), based on his experience arguing before Rehnquist for gay rights

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[ex_karamazov744]

It's weird. Chief Justice Rehnquist was a pretty big jerk and racist, but at the same time, Justice Marshall said he was a great Chief, and he ran the judiciary with a fair and powerful arm.

But yeah, he was definitely a racist.

[trainedseal]

Justice Marshall, like John Marshall?

[ex_karamazov744]

[trainedseal]

yeah, i know. i was joking. thanks for the very big picture.