He was prudent in exercising judicial power and firm in defending judicial independence.
George W. Bush: “He was prudent in exercising judicial power and firm in defending judicial independence.”
On the recordSeptember 6, 2005
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Remarks at the Funeral Service for Chief Justice of the United States William H. Rehnquist
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