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31 J. Sup. Ct. Hist. v (2006)

handle is hein.journals/jspcth31 and id is 1 raw text is: Introduction Melvin I. Urofsky This past summer the Supreme Court His- torical Society lost a good friend with the death of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist. The Society is extremely grateful for the support that he, as Honorary Chairman, lent us over the years. He was a noted historian who cared deeply about the past of the glorious institution over which he presided. Chief Justice Rehnquist once did me the honor of introducing me to the Courtroom au- dience when I delivered a lecture about the Supreme Court and World War II. He was very gracious to my family, who were invited to his chambers to meet him before the event. On an- other occasion he gave me a lesson in how one can choose which questions to answer-and which to ignore-in an interview I conducted with him about William 0. Douglas. I hope that the four tributes offered in this issue give you a sense of the person behind the gilded robe. He was a well-liked, even beloved, man for those who were privileged to know him and work with him. He had a great sense of humor, could be exceedingly charming, and was more than generous to his friends. He will be greatly missed. As always, the other articles in this issue reflect the wide spectrum of scholarship that concerns the Court. They range from corre- spondence concerning the first Chief Justice's circuit-riding duties, to an examination of a little-known labor case that contributed to the development of First Amendment speech ju- risprudence, to the response of the Roosevelt Court to an important piece of New Deal legislation. J. Harvie Wilkinson III, the highly re- spected senior judge of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, delivered the annual lec- ture in 2005 on the dangers of oversimplify- ing Supreme Court history. He describes sev- eral instances where Justices ruled in ways that were unexpected or against stereotype. Finally, former clerk Alan Kohn reviews a book about one of the least well-known members of the Supreme Court, Charles E. Whittaker, and asks whether Whittaker de- serves the opinion that most scholars of the Court have of him. Although tinged with sadness, this issue, like its predecessors, offers a feast for those interested in the history of our Court. v

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