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May 1, 2009 · David Souter is many things, but certainly one of them is not a “progressive voice.” To be sure, he was in practice at least one of the most liberal justices, but that is, frankly, not saying much. Souter’s judicial hero, as Jeffrey Toobin describes in his wonderful book, was Warren Court-era conservative John Marshall Harlan. What the ...
May 27, 2010 · You say that no law means no law, and that should be obvious. I can only say, Mr. Justice, that to me it is equally obvious that “no law” does not mean “no law,” and I would seek to persuade the Court that that is true. “As Chief Justice Marshall said, so long ago, it is a Constitution we are interpreting….”.
Nov 21, 2023 · Take the case of David Souter. He was appointed in 1990 and “retired” in 2009 but continues to hear cases at the circuit-court level. Souter is the court’s George Washington.
May 1, 2009 · One of the reasons that the Supreme Court will miss David Souter is that he possesses a gift that we seek but rarely find in a judge – the ability to step outside the bounds of his experience. Nowhere is this more evident than in Justice Souter's astute take on the fraught relationship between race and politics, a topic that has dominated the ...
Oct 8, 1990 · David Hackett Souter was born in Massachusetts as the only child of Joseph and Helen Souter. When he was eleven, his family moved to his grandparents’ farmhouse in New Hampshire. He attended Harvard University for his undergraduate degree, where he majored in philosophy and expressed his interest in law through his senior thesis, which was on ...
May 5, 2009 · The secret life of a Supreme Court short-lister. Over time, America grew used to thinking of Justice David Souter as an only child turned unmarried man who liked history books and hiking alone in ...
May 1, 2009 · Justice David Souter has made his dislike for Washington well known, and after 19 years in the Supreme Court, the conservative judge who took a liberal stance on many issues returns to his beloved ...
