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 ...

a distinguished New York lawyer and an Eisenhower appointee who was often in dissent during the heyday of Supreme Court liberalism under Chief Justice Earl Warren. Justice Harlan nonetheless ...

Brennan Jr. Brennan was the seventh-longest-serving Supreme Court justice in history, and a lion of the liberal wing of the court. He was the justice most people think Chief Justice Earl Warren was.

His nomination came at a pivotal time in the Supreme Court’s history ... California Governor Earl Warren, gave his name to the court’s most progressive era. The Warren court effectively ...

Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter in 2003. Appointed in 1990, he had become known by the end of his second year on the Court for having surprised the president who appointed him, George H.W ...

a distinguished New York lawyer and an Eisenhower appointee who was often in dissent during the heyday of Supreme Court liberalism under Chief Justice Earl Warren. Harlan nonetheless viewed the ...

Modest and introverted, David Hackett Souter was a rare bird in the aerie of Washington power. He gave few speeches, attended fewer parties and had no use for the perks of his position on the highest ...

The Supreme ... said by the Court is this: that we will not tolerate either governmentally established religion or governmental interference with religion,” then–Chief Justice Warren Burger ...

The Michigan Supreme Court issued an order on April 30 dismissing the Pinebrook, LLC vs. City of Warren appeals case that has been in litigation for six years. The case was reopened in Macomb ...

Criticism of "activist" judges predates the term and has come from both ends of the political spectrum. Democratic and ...