QUESTIONS:
1. Chief Justice William Rehnquist will probably be soon leaving after 34 years on the Supreme Court. Which justice did Rehnquist succeed in 1971?
2. Rehnquist was named chief justice by President Reagan in 1986. What chief justice did he succeed?
3. In naming Rehnquist as chief justice, whom did Reagan name to succeed him as associate justice?
4. Former clerks to Rehnquist hold an annual dinner to toast the chief justice, himself a former law clerk. For what Supreme Court justice did Rehnquist clerk?
5. What position did Rehnquist hold before President Nixon named him to the court in 1971?
ANSWERS:
1. John Marshall Harlan, who had served on the court from 1957-71.
2. Warren Burger.
3. Antonin Scalia.
4. Justice Robert H. Jackson.
5. Assistant U.S. attorney general for legal counsel (in charge of overseeing appointments to the federal courts).
