William Rehnquist Quotes
The Equal Rights Amendment would "turn holy wedlock into holy deadlock."
Rehnquist, William H. "Memorandum Re: The Equal Rights Amendment." US Department of Justice, 1970.
This relatively radical viewpoint regarding equal rights for women was expressed by Roosevelt as his Senior thesis at Harvard in 1880. In those days, the kind of scrutiny of everything a candidate ever wrote or said that is characteristic of modern politics, did not exist. It is very doubtful that if the Republican Party officials had ever known that he had espoused these views—even as a young student, that he ever would have risen so high in the party, much less get nominated at the Vice Presidential candidate which was his entree to the Presidency. When in office however, there is no record of him reviving his youthful proposal that women who marry retain their maiden names.
The Magna Carta is not generally known as a document establishing women's rights, but there was one key provision. Sealed under duress and later repudiated by the King with Papal assistance
Miller was the first Black American admitted to a Graduate Program—Johns Hopkins—in Mathematics. Women were not then universally allowed to vote and suffrage was a major issue. Miller, like many Black males, was opposed to female suffrage. The prospect of many women holding public office was to him so absurd that the potential prospect was sufficient to oppose women voting.
Young said when Utah was admitted as a state, it would then have this right
The law at that time gave a married woman almost no rights. The husband legally controlled the family assets regardless of who had earned or provided them. He aslo had absolute control of the upbringing of the children. Women could not vote and in many states were considered property of the husband.
There are 3 branches of Judaism: Orthodox, Conservative and Reform. The state of Israel however only recognizes the Orthodox and Orthodox Rabbis. Muslim or Christian couples can be married by an Imam, Minister or Priest of their choosing. Reform and Conservative Jewish Israeli’s cannot marry in Israel unless they choose and Orthodox Rabbi and have an Orthodox wedding ceremony. So they often go to Cypress, an Eastern Orthodox Christian country which allows any ordained rabbi to perform weddings unlike in Israel. This anomaly dates back to the inception of Israel as a recognized state, under attack by many Arab armies. The orthodox Jews in Israel would not support the fledgling state unless they would be given civil control over family and religious matters. The majority of Israelis are not orthodox and oppose the monopoly given to the Orthodox. However, politically the Orthodox have enough seats on the Knesset (Parliament) so that they can usually make the difference in the polarized Israeli politics of which coalition will be in power. Therefor the status quo remains.
William Hubbs Rehnquist was an American lawyer and jurist who served on the Supreme Court of the United States for 33 years, as an associate justice from 1972 to 1986 and as Chief Justice from 1986 until his death in 2005. Considered a conservative, Rehnquist favored a conception of federalism that emphasized the Tenth Amendment's reservation of powers to the states. Under this view of federalism, the court, for the first time since the 1930s, struck down an act of Congress as exceeding its power under the Commerce Clause.
