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Some Rehnquist Papers Made Public: At Legalities, Jan Greenburg reported on yesterday's release of a few of former Chief Justice Rehnquist's papers. She also provides this link to Adam Liptak and Jonathan Glater's report of what researchers came across. While some of the papers revealed a personal struggle over whether or not Rehnquist should recuse himself on a case, the more blog-worthy papers revealed Rehnquist's less serious side. For example, Rehnquist once suggested an annual skit. He wrote: "I would enjoy seeing what each annual crop of law clerks, together with such help from the Justices that they might wish, could do in the way of a gridiron show or other parody or satire on the court." Unfortunately, Liptak and Glater did not find the majority of papers to be very stimulating...continue to full post

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