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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.
Feb 9, 2024 · City of Jackson, Mississippi. 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.
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Sep 20, 2022 · Sept 20, 2022, 3:00pm PDT. An unsung hero of our Supreme Court. Pocket. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor (left) walks with retired justice David Souter (center) after the funeral service for the late Justice Antonin Scalia in 2016. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images. Today the word “hero” is grossly overused.
- Timothy P. O'neill
Jan 1, 2010 · 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.
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 David...
Justice David Souter joined the U.S. Supreme Court on October 9, 1990, replacing Justice William Brennan. Souter was born on September 17, 1939 in a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts. However, he grew up in New Hampshire and attended high school there. Souter then graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1961, majoring in philosophy.