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Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a Republican appointee who retired from the high court in 2009 after voting ...
Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a low-key New England Republican who was an unexpectedly liberal voice in his 18 years on the nation’s top court, died at his home Thursday, the Supreme ...
His lifestyle was spare — yogurt and an apple, consumed at his desk, was a typical lunch — and he shunned Washington’s social scene.
Former Supreme Court Associate Justice David H. Souter ’61 died earlier this month at his home in New Hampshire. He was 85.
A celebrity, said historian Daniel Boorstin, is someone known for his or her well-knownness. David H. Souter, who died on May ...
This article is part of a series on the legacy and jurisprudence of the late Justice David Souter. Kent Greenfield is Professor of Law and Dean’s Distinguished Scholar at Boston College. He […] ...
A couple of years ago, this paper ran an appreciation I had written about former Supreme Court Justice David Souter. It was ...
In the wake of retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter’s passing, there will inevitably be efforts to pinpoint his most consequential rulings. Some will, as The New York Times’ Linda ...
President George H.W. Bush nominated Souter to the Supreme Court in 1990. He was confirmed the same year, served 19 years on ...
By historical standards, Souter was viewed as a moderate conservative jurist, committed to precedent and the rule of law. Like Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, whose pragmatism he admired, Souter prized ...
Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a lifelong public servant, judicial moderate and advocate for humanities and civics education, has died.