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this week legal journalist john jenkins and his book the partisan: the life of william rehnquist. in it, the publisher of cq press details the early career and the 33-year supreme court tenure of the former chief justice. he talks with supreme court reporter and the biographer for justices o connor and scalia, joan biskupic. host: welcome, john jenkins. guest: thank you. host: we re here to talk about the partisan: the life of william rehnquist. i m going to start with one general question just to give our viewers a sense of who the chief justice is and why william rehnquist was important. there have only been 17 chiefs, correct? guest: correct, that s right. host: tell us about the position, what does a chief justice of the united states do and the importance of william rehnquist, and then we ll go into his chronology. guest: well, the chief is really, he has two roles in the judicial system. he s, first, kind of the chief among equals on the court. he assign

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