";s:4:"text";s:3268:" Rehnquist added the gold stripes to the sleeves in 1995 after seeing the costume worn by the Lord Chancellor in a production of Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe. Rehnquist added the gold stripes to the sleeves in 1995. It was an unannounced departure: He simply surprised us with the change one morning. He was a lifelong fan of Gilbert and Sullivan operas, and after appreciating the Lord Chancellor's costume in a community theater production of Iolanthe he thereafter appeared in court with the same striped sleeves. As of 2004 the other justices have stayed with their basic black.
Rehnquist had Sotheby's appraise the robes, and the auction house thought they were worth $30,000. Robes of the Chief Justice of the United States worn by William H. Rehnquist from 1986 to 2000. Anchorage, Alaska – 7/31/00 Chief Justice William Rehnquist in his judicial robe In a bit of acknowledged whimsy, Chief Justice William Rehnquist decided to personalize his judicial robe with 4 gold braid stripes on each sleeve about 5 years ago. Rehnquist added the gold stripes to the sleeves in 1995. Connecting people through photography. It’s his robe that our chief justice is adopting?The Supreme Court as comic opera--so that’s what the revolution inside the Beltway is all about.Four women say they were mistreated by comedian Bryan Callen, describing troubling sexual incidents ranging from assault to misconduct to disturbing comments.Around 40 individuals on USC’s fraternity-filled 28th Street have contracted the virus. Chief Justice William Rehnquist has taken the Lord Chancellor in Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera "Iolanthe" as his robe model ("Gold Stripes Adorn New Rehnquist Robe," Jan. 18). Rehnquist wanted the same, and had four gold stripes sewn onto each sleeve of his own judicial robe, giving it a rather sporty look. In it, the character of Lord Chancellor, speaker of the House of Lords in Britain, was handsomely costumed in a robe adorned with vividly colored stripes. He'd gotten the idea for that years earlier after seeing a costume worn by the Lord Chancellor in a production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolanthe".Rehnquist had Sotheby's appraise the robes, and the auction house thought they were worth $30,000.On display in the Smithsonian Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.