CHIEF JUSTICE WILLIAM H. REHNQUIST - FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED - HFSID 158027
Sale Price $245.00
Reg. $300.00
WILLIAM H. REHNQUIST
First Day Cover of James Madison signed by the Supreme Court Justice
First Day Cover signed "William H Rehnquist". 6½x3½. FDC James
Madison, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 5, 1976, two 9¢ green Freedom of
Assembly coil stamps affixed. With engraved portrait of Madison on left side and
short biography on verso. Madison sponsored the Bill of Rights that Rehnquist
had to interpret in many of the cases he heard on the Supreme Court.Rehnquist, in addition to being a Supreme Court Justice, was a stamp
collector. Rehnquist (1924-2005) was appointed Associate Justice by President
Nixon on January 7, 1972. He joined with his colleagues in their unanimous
ruling on July 24, 1974, upholding the Special Prosecutor's subpoena for
President Nixon's tapes for Watergate trial; Nixon resigned 16 days later.
President Reagan appointed Rehnquist Chief Justice on September 26, 1986; he
served until his death in 2005. As Chief Justice, he presided at President
Clinton's impeachment trial in 1999. On December 12, 2000, his court ruled
5-4 that the manual recount of presidential votes in Florida was
unconstitutional, resulting in Vice President Al Gore's concession and Texas
Governor George W. Bush's victory. He was contemplating retirement due to
ill health when he unexpectedly died in 2005. Lightly toned, otherwise in fine
condition.
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