December 6, 2008

I did not know that

When U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist presided over a civil rights trial in Richmond, VA — marking the first time this century* that a U.S. Supreme Court Justice had presided over a trial — he was reversed on appeal.
WI judges trade roles in Judicial Exchange Program

* It was in 1984, while he was an Associate Justice.

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