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Originally posted by Gattigap
Certainly true. I don't remember the Rehnquist nomination, but presume that he was a particularly esteemed member of the bar at the time. Here -- who knows? I don't pretend to be up to date on all of the prominent lawyers, but there are loads of people who've never heard of this woman.
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Rehnquist received no small amount of criticism for being essentially a Republican "hack". One of the central points of opposition was that, while working for the Republican party, he had set up methods for systematically challenging black voters.
