David Hackett Souter (/ ˈ s uː t ər / 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.
Sep 20, 2022 · 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, 24/7 news-cycle world. An unsung hero ...
David Hackett Souter, (born September 17, 1939, Melrose, Massachusetts, U.S.), associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1990 to 2009. Souter’s father was a bank manager and his mother a store clerk.
May 14, 2012 · The details of Souter's harsh dissent is only the latest sign that the high court's liberal justices see the Citizens United decision as a major embarrassment for the court.
Jul 9, 2018 · As much as any single justice, David Souter—for who he was, and who he wasn’t—fundamentally altered the political terrain on which the coming confirmation battle will be fought.
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 18, 2023 · But fellow liberal dissenters David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer argued in a series of personal memos that Stevens’ fury could undermine the force of their legal arguments.
Justice David Hackett Souter (1939- ), a jurist who served on the Supreme Court from 1990 until 2009, often showed sensitivity to First Amendment values. In most areas of First Amendment jurisprudence, he was a consistent voice for the protection of free-expression principles.
Jul 26, 2013 · Here is a look at the life of David Souter, former United States Supreme Court Associate Justice. Personal Birth date: September 17, 1939 Birth place: Melrose, Massachusetts
Oct 24, 2016 · Video by PBS NewsHour. Surprisingly, over the past few days, excerpts of a public conversation I held four years ago with retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter in Concord, New Hampshire, have ...
M ore than 20 years ago, then-Supreme Court Justice David Souter tried to warn that big money in politics risked turning United States officials into tools of an emerging “plutocracy.”. We now ...
May 2, 2009 · An article last Sunday about Justice David H. Souter’s years on the Supreme Court misstated the last time he left the United States. It was for a reunion of Rhodes scholars in Oxford, England.
May 30, 2023 · “More than 20 years ago…Justice David Souter tried to warn [in a draft] that big money in politics…risked turning…officials into tools of…’plutocracy.’ We now know…Souter had to strike the language…to secure Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s vote,” says @rickhasen in @Slate. 30 May 2023 17:50:06
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