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  1. Jun 10, 2024 · David Hackett Souter is an 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. He spent his early childhood in a Boston suburb before his family moved to rural East Weare, New Hampshire, in 1950.

  2. Jun 6, 2024 · Justice David Souter's plurality opinion drew an analogy to the "long-established rule" that "an indictment need not specify which overt act, among several named, was the means by which a crime ...

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  3. Jun 6, 2024 · Justice David Souter's plurality opinion drew an analogy to the "long-established rule" that "an indictment need not specify which overt act, among several named, was the means by which a crime ...

  4. 1 day ago · For many years after former President George H.W. Bush made the disastrous choice to nominate the liberal David Souter to the court instead of the conservative stalwart Edith Jones, those involved in Republican judicial nominations vowed, “no more Souters.” Here are some ways the next Republican administration can give that vow some teeth.

  5. Jun 10, 2024 · All but Byron White, Sandra Day O’Connor and David Souter were 80 or older at the time of their resignation. John Paul Stevens had just turned 90 when he resigned. Some have suggested that 18 years might be a reasonable guide for a duration of service to SCOTUS and some lower federal courts already have mandatory retirement ages.

  6. Jun 12, 2024 · When Strossen stepped down as ACLU President, three (ideologically diverse) Supreme Court Justices participated in her farewell/tribute luncheon: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Antonin Scalia, and David Souter. She is the author of HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship (2018) and Free Speech: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2023 ...

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  8. Jun 1, 2024 · Souter cruised out of Biden’s committee, a 14-3 vote, and was then confirmed by the full Senate in a landslide, 90-9 (with a “Yes” vote from Biden) — very much unlike Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas, two pro-life nominees. The trust between Biden and Rudman was critical, since Souter’s position on abortion had to be dealt with stealthily.