Burger served as an associate justice from 1972 until whose succession?
William H. Rehnquist’s
John Paul Stevens’s
Potter Stewart’s
Sandra Day O'Connor’s
Answer
William H. Rehnquist was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Nixon on June 17, 1971, and served as an associate justice from 1972 until his succession to the chief justiceship on Burger’s retirement in 1986. Rehnquist was the first person to serve as chief justice and associate justice on the same court.
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