“But the same society that has changed in the last 200 years has a legislature. The legislature is made up of people who are elected by the people. And if people want to change the Constitution, there is a way to do that in the Constitution, in Article V. It’s not a living organism, it’s a legal document.”

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...