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Little-Known Judge Named to Replace Brennan on Court : Judiciary: David Souter served as New Hampshire justice and attorney general. He has no clear record on abortion. President Bush on Monday ...
Former Supreme Court Associate Justice David H. Souter ’61 died earlier this month at his home in New Hampshire. He was 85.
Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a Republican who became a darling of liberals during his nearly 20 years on the bench, has died. He was 85.(2008 File Photo / The Associated Press) ...
Former Supreme Court justice David Souter, the intellectual New Englander who disappointed Republicans and delighted liberals by slowing a conservative transformation of the high court ...
David Souter’s death closes a chapter on a Supreme Court justice who prized duty over dogma and humility over hubris.
Justice David Souter, a single man, could have been the toast of the town in D.C. But that’s not the life he wanted.
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David Souter, who died on Thursday at age 85, was perhaps the most important Supreme Court justice of the late twentieth century. His appointment to the high court in 1990 was meant to cement the ...
The late justice was picked to be a reliable conservative vote on the court. But he drifted left—and the right has never ...