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Education. Harvard University ( BA, LLB) Magdalen College, Oxford ( MA) Signature. David Hackett Souter ( / ˈsuːtər / SOO-tər; born September 17, 1939) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1990 until his retirement in 2009. [3]
Oct 8, 1990 · Souter began his career as a lawyer in New Hampshire at a prominent private firm, Orr & Reno, and was already described as a “natural judge” by his colleagues. After realizing he disliked private practice, he took a position in the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office in 1968.
Justice David Souter joined the U.S. Supreme Court on October 9, 1990, replacing Justice William Brennan. Souter was born on September 17, 1939 in a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts. However, he grew up in New Hampshire and attended high school there. Souter then graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1961, majoring in philosophy.
Jul 9, 2018 · The blowback from Souter made the Supreme Court a key—if not the key—issue for conservatives when judging candidates for high office. The Trump campaign grasped this, to its huge advantage.
Aug 12, 2023 · Born in Melrose, Massachusetts, David Souter earned an undergraduate degree from Harvard University in 1961. He then won a Rhodes scholarship, graduating in 1963 from Oxford University with a bachelor’s and master’s degree.
Last spring, David Hackett Souter ’66—the U.S. Supreme Court’s 105th justice—announced his retirement and stepped down at the end of the term. The Bulletin asked four alumni who had firsthand experience with the justice for their reflections.
Jul 26, 2013 · Education: Harvard University, A.B., 1961; Rhodes Scholar at Magdalen College at the University of Oxford, 1961-1963; Harvard Law School, L.L.B., 1966. Religion: Episcopalian. Other...
