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In mid-2009, after Democrat Barack Obama took office as U.S. president, Souter announced his retirement from the Court; he was succeeded by Sonia Sotomayor. Souter has continued to hear cases by designation at the circuit court level.
Oct 8, 1990 · Casey (1992), Souter coauthored an opinion with Justice Sandra Day O’Connor affirming Roe v. Wade , asserting a strong justification for adhering to the Court’s precedent. Long before President Obama’s election in 2008, Souter had expressed a desire to leave Washington, D.C. and go back to his native New Hampshire.
May 1, 2009 · WASHINGTON Justice David H. Souter plans to retire at the end of the term in June, giving President Obama his first appointment to the Supreme Court, and has written to the president to...
May 1, 2009 · Supreme Court Justice David Souter has told President Obama he intends to retire at the end of the current term, which will come next month. Souter has been on the bench for 19 years and...
- Nina Totenberg
May 1, 2009 · Updated: 05/01/2009 11:04 PM EDT. Supreme Court Justice David Souter’s planned retirement touches off a fierce fight between the parties that could reinvigorate moping Republicans and,...
President Obama will soon choose a Supreme Court justice to replace Justice David Souter, who announced plans to retire. Souter will step down in June, at the end of the court's current...
May 8, 2009 · In replacing Justice Souter, President Obama will almost surely pick another liberal. But Mr. Obama may also consider Justice Souter as a kind of counterexample and choose a bigger and...
