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May 14, 2024 · Although he had been considering retirement for several years, the election of democratic President Barack Obama in 2008 made Souter more inclined retire. In 2009, he sent his retirement letter to President Obama, and was succeeded by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
May 3, 2024 · To this day, many Republican judicial operatives still use the battle cry “No More Souters” to describe their approach to Supreme Court nominees, a reference to Justice David Souter, a George ...
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1 day ago · Justices like John Paul Stevens, David Souter, Anthony Kennedy, and Sandra Day O’Connor were all appointed by Republican presidents, yet they all ended up being solid votes to uphold not only ...
May 10, 2024 · WASHINGTON — It should become the philosophical shot heard ’round the country. In a remarkable speech that received far too little attention, former Supreme Court Justice David Souter took direct...
6 days ago · THEY WERE SO YOUNG. Memorial Day and the old folks come. And stand in the sun feeling sad and dumb. The boys in the ground—there are so many, They’re eighteen, nineteen, maybe twenty—. They just moved out of a boy’s bedroom. And went to war, now they lie in a tomb.
1 day ago · However, Bush's advisors, including Attorney General Dick Thornburgh, considered Thomas inexperienced, and he instead nominated David Souter of the First Circuit Court of Appeals. A year later, Justice Thurgood Marshall announced his retirement on June 27, 1991, and Bush nominated Thomas to replace him.
May 24, 2024 · Politics Oct 24. Justice Souter’s old warning finds new life in this election. Surprisingly, over the past few days, excerpts of a public conversation I held four years ago with retired Supreme...
