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Article: Death of Rehnquist creates upheaval; Supreme Court chief justice will be buried at Arlington on Wednesday
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- September 5, 2005
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist's
death created upheaval in Washington on Sunday, as President Bush and
the Senate scrambled to deal with court's first double vacancy in 34
years.
Rehnquist's body will lie in repose at the Supreme Court Tuesday
and Wednesday. He will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery
following funeral services Wednesday.
Senators moved toward beginning Supreme Court nominee John
Roberts' confirmation hearing Tuesday, but postponing it on the day
of Rehnquist's funeral, congressional sources said, speaking on
conditions of anonymity.
However, delaying the start of hearings until Thursday has not
been fully ruled out said the two sources, ...