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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.
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 · Five years later, in 1978, Governor John Sununu appointed Souter to the Supreme Court of New Hampshire. In 1990, Sununu, while serving as George H.W. Bush’s chief of staff, recommended Souter for Justice Brennan’s seat on the Supreme Court. At the time of his nomination, Souter’s only national service was his three months on the United ...
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Feb 9, 2024 · 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.
Supreme Court Historical Society. Justice David H. Souter. 51. Historical profiles documenting the personal background, plus nomination and confirmation dates of previous associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: David H. Souter.
Sep 20, 2022 · Certainly. And my first choice in this category would be Justice David H. Souter, who served on the Supreme Court from 1990 to 2009. No one has proposed him for sainthood. No one has a bobble-head of Justice Souter. No one cloyingly refers to him as “DHS.”
Sep 1, 2023 · The unassuming Justice David Souter confounded the hopes of the Republican Party and inspired a backlash that changed the Supreme Court. A special episode from WNYC’s “More Perfect.” With...