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David Souter David Hackett Souter (; (born September 17, 1939) served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1990 until his retirement on June 29, 2009. Appointed by Republican President George H. W. Read More»From Wikipedia |
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Sotomayor test.' " That would certainly weed out a good many names from the Obama shortlists circulated in the weeks after David Souter 's retirement. Potential nominees like Kathleen Sullivan, Harold Koh, and even Cass Sunstein may not be able to meet
under pressure from the right to appoint a reliably conservative justice. His first appointment, the recently retired Justice Souter , had turned out to be much more moderate than expected. Thomas' nomination was met with immediate suspicion on the left
Constitutional Values ad is from Obama's May 1 remarks about Justice David Souter 's departure; biographical bullet points and photos House press room after speaking with retiring Justice David Souter by phone. Interrupting Press Secretary Robert Gibbs
and a U.S. court of appeals judge, Sotomayor has credentials that shout "possible Supreme Court justice." So once David Souter announced his intention to step down from the court, I was not surprised to learn that Sotomayor's name was in play. Nor
has taken a fairly moderate, text-based approach to the cases before her, placing her much closer to retiring Justice David Souter than to the late Justice William Brennan on the judicial activism spectrum. She has been overturned twice at the
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