David Souter was nominated in 1990 by President George H.W. Bush. Souter was initially expected to solidify the Court’s conservative bloc. But once confirmed, he surprised many by emerging as a ...

David Souter, a New Hampshire Republican who was named to the Supreme Court by President George H.W. Bush and who over 19 years on that bench became a mainstay of the court’s shrinking liberal wing, ...

Former Supreme Court justice David Souter, the intellectual New Englander who disappointed Republicans and delighted liberals by slowing a conservative transformation of the high court, died May 8 at ...

(The Hill) — Retired Justice David Souter, who over almost two decades on the Supreme Court frustrated Republicans by migrating to the court’s liberal wing, died on Thursday, the court announced. He ...

May 9 (UPI) --Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter has died, the court announced Friday. He was 85 years old. Souter, who was appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1990 and retired in 2009 ...

The U.S. Supreme Court did not publish any opinions last week, but I note with sadness the death of retired Justice David Souter on May 8. I got to know Justice Souter first during his vetting in 1990 ...

WASHINGTON >> Bookish and reclusive jurist David Souter, who joined the U.S. Supreme Court as a supposed conservative “stealth nominee” but instead emerged as a liberal justice who backed abortion ...