Court Watchers Assess Term's Impact on Rehnquist Legacy

Even without any official announcements from the ailing Chief Justice William Rehnquist on his future, some were saying this term's rulings on property rights and federalism -- along with a batch of decisions overturning prisoners' death sentences, expanding civil rights remedies and striking down a Ten Commandments display -- served as something of an ending point to the Rehnquist Court. Says attorney Thomas Goldstein: "This term was the closing of a chapter, if not the closing of a book."

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