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But the greatest injury of the 'wall' notion is its mischievous diversion of judges from the actual intentions of the drafters of the Bill of Rights. . . . The wall of separation between church and state is a metaphor based on bad history, a metaphor which has proved useless as a guide to judging. It should be frankly and explicitly abandoned.William Rehnquist
Garvey said. ''He's been very important in getting the court to recognize limitations on congressional power.
William Rehnquist
I used to worry about every little footnote, ... Now I realize you just need five votes.
William Rehnquist
a gentle dignity and an unfailing sense of purpose and sometimes a sense of humor.
William Rehnquist
To reach its result, the court necessarily has had to find within the scope of the 14th Amendment a right that was apparently completely unknown to the drafters of the amendment,
William Rehnquist
It is impossible to build sound constitutional doctrine upon a mistaken understanding of constitutional history. . . . The establishment clause has been expressly freighted with Jefferson's misleading metaphor for nearly forty years. . . . There is simply no historical foundation for the proposition that the framers intended to build a wall of separation between church and state. . . . The recent court decisions are in no way based on either the language or the intent of the framers.
William Rehnquist
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