“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.”

About William Rehnquist

Chief Justice • American

William Hubbs Rehnquist was an American lawyer and jurist who served on the Supreme Court of the United States for 33 years. He was first appointed as an Associate Justice in 1972 by President Richard Nixon and later...