Subject: Chief Justice Rehnquist Speech Author: CourtTV9 Uploaded By: CourtTV9 Date: 4/12/1996 File: REHN.TXT (20167 bytes) Estimated Download Time (53797 baud): < 1 minute Download Count: 77 Following the controversy over President Clinton's public pressure on U.S. District Judge Harold Baer, Chief Justice of the United States William Rehnquist delivered a speech at American University in Washington, D.C. on the importance of an independent judiciary. Here is the text of that April 9, 1996 speech.