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David Souter, the former U.S. Supreme Court justice who died at 85 on Thursday, was sometimes mistakenly thought to have ...

Opinion: Former Souter clerk Kermit Roosevelt writes that Justice Souter avoided zingers and didn't adopt a theory like ...

Appointed to the Supreme Court in 1990 by Republican President George H.W. Bush, Souter quickly emerged as a consistent ...

The Trump administration’s attack on higher education won’t be confined to Harvard University. And Americans should be ...

Souter was never supposed to be a hard-right ideologue. That distinction would go to Bush’s next appointment, Clarence Thomas ...

On the high court from 1990 to 2009, he saw his role as one of quiet resistance against excess and dramatic change.

Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a low-key New England Republican who was an unexpectedly liberal voice in his 18 ...

The tenure of the late Justice David H. Souter on the Supreme Court helped shape the modern era of judicial confirmations.

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a lifelong public servant, judicial moderate and advocate ... emphasizing his respect for precedent and the philosophy of "originalism," which ...