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 WASHINGTON (AP) - In what may be his last term, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist's legacy of limiting the federal government's reach has been tarnished as the states' rights coalition he nurtured for more than a decade splinters on some major issues.
The latest example is the Supreme Court decision that a federal marijuana ban trumps state laws legalizing the drug for the seriously ill.
Rehnquist also was on the losing side this year in cases that struck down state laws on wine purchases and declared it unconstitutional for states to execute juvenile killers.
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