Authors: William H. Rehnquist

1945–1989

South Dakota v. Dole

Source: 483 U.S. 203, https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/483/203. Chief Justice REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioner South Dakota permits persons 19 years of age or older to purchase beer containing up

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1945–1989

Morrison v. Olson

487 U.S. 654 (1988), https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/487/654/. Chief Justice Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court. We now turn to consider whether the act is invalid under the constitutional principle of separation

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1945–1989

United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians

448 U.S. 371, https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/448/371. MR. JUSTICE BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court. This case concerns the Black Hills of South Dakota, the Great Sioux Reservation, and a colorful, and

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1945–1989

Roe v. Wade

Source: 410 U.S. 113. Justice Blackmun Delivered the Opinion of the Court, Joined by Chief Justice Burger and Justices Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, and Powell . . . We forthwith

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1989–Present

Boy Scouts of America v. Dale

Source: 530 U.S. 640, https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/99-699.ZO.html. CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioners[1] are the Boy Scouts of America and the Monmouth Council, a division of the Boy

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1945–1989

Texas v. Johnson

Source: 491 U.S. 397, https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/491/397. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court. . . . . . . We must first determine whether Johnson’s burning of the flag constituted

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1989–Present

US v. Lopez

Source: 514 U.S. 549 (1995); https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/93-1260.ZO.html Chief Justice REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court, joined by Justices O’CONNOR, SCALIA, KENNEDY, and THOMAS. . . . We start with first

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1989–Present

Wallace v. Jaffree

JUSTICE REHNQUIST, dissenting. Thirty-eight years ago this Court, in Everson v. Board of Education,[1] summarized its exegesis of Establishment Clause doctrine thus: “In the words of Jefferson, the clause against

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1989–Present

Locke v. Davey

Chief Justice Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court. The State of Washington established the Promise Scholarship Program to assist academically gifted students with postsecondary education expenses. In accordance with

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