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Jan 01, 2010. By HLS News Staff. 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.
Read about how U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter got to the Court, including his education, career, and confirmation process.
Sep 20, 2022 · An unsung hero of our Supreme Court. Retired justice David Souter, who turned 83 a few days ago, exemplifies the kind of humility and grace that receives scant attention in our celebrity-driven ...
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DAVID H. SOUTER (Retired), Associate Justice, was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, September 17, 1939. He was graduated from Harvard College in 1961, magna cum laude. He received a Rhodes Scholarship to attend Magdalen College, Oxford University, and received an M.A. in Jurisprudence in 1963.
May 2, 2009 · By Linda Greenhouse. May 2, 2009. David H. Souter had no agenda 19 years ago when he took his seat on the Supreme Court, but he did have a goal: not to become a creature of Washington, a...
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. Appointed by President George H. W. Bush to fill the seat that had been vacated by William J. Brennan Jr., Souter sat on both the Rehnquist ...
