Where is the consevative Supreme COURT TAKING US?
By 1788 James Madison realized that the public desire for a Bill of Right could not be ignored.. As a result 10 Amendments to the constitution called the” Bill of Rights” were ratified in 1791. The purpose of the Bill of Rights was to protect individual rights from violation by the Federal Government.
William Rehnquist was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court by President Richard Nixon in 1986 . An examination of Rehnquist’’s voting record over 30 years brings out some very surprising information.
An analysis of Chief Justice Rehnquist.s decisions show 1) in cases between individuals and the government, Rehnquist almost always voted for the gov’t against the individual, the opposite of the purpose of the Bill of rights. 2)In cases of the state VS the federal gov.t Rehnquist usually favored the state. (3) In cases where the Federal gov.t wanted to exercise Rehnquist voted against exercise.
According to Anan analysis by Geoffrey Stone law Professor at the University of Chicago. showed that Justice Renqquist in 30 years participated 259 case decisions concerning Freedom of Speech or Press; First Amendment. Justice Rehnquist supported the First Amendment claim 20% of the time. An average of all the Justices Rehnquist served with supported the claim 53 % of the time.
63 unanimous decisions were removed from the 269 cases. Unanimous cases do not describe the Justices. individual views. With these cases deleted Rehnquist rejected 92% of the free speech first amendment claims.
Rehnquist rejected 100% of the free press claims. In 30 years Rehnquist never found once for the free press claims. Rehnquist was by far the least likely Justice to support the first amendment.
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