Friday, July 15, 2005

"You'll replace me over my cold, dead body"

Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist's pledge to continue working despite his thyroid cancer leaves the White House with just one Supreme Court seat to fill, suddenly changing the dynamic of the summer confirmation battle.

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"I want to put to rest the speculation and unfounded rumors of my imminent retirement," Rehnquist said in a statement first disclosed by The Associated Press late Thursday and later confirmed by the court.

  Guardian article

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