When Rehnquist died before Roberts's confirmation hearings began, Bush
instead nominated Roberts to fill the chief justice position.
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Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist died on September 3,
2005, while Roberts's confirmation was still pending before the Senate.
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William Rehnquist: Late Chief Justice of the United States,
had a position in the Department of Justice early in the Nixon administration, working for Attorney General John N. Mitchell.
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Chief Justice Rehnquist reiterates that many decisions of the Court have unequivocally
reaffirmed the long-held position that SCOTUS is“emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is.”.