First, it was Nixon who appointed him to the Supreme Court. Even with the latest character flaws we've learned recently about Rehnquist & his devotion to the BFEE, I don't think he'd stoop so low as to betray the man who put him on the highest court.
Second, Rehnquist wasn't in the inner circle of the White House. He wouldn't have been in the Oval Office on a daily basis to hear all the pertinent conversations going on. He wasn't in the loop.
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