Rehnquist honored at funeral service
8th Sep 2005, 01:11 GMT
Bush, O'Conner pay tribute to 16th chief justice; Arlington burial followed WASHINGTON -- Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist was buried today as President Bush led the nation in bidding farewell to the man who orchestrated a dramatic states rights power shift in a third of a century on the Supreme Court and settled the acrimonious 2000 election in Bush's favor.
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