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Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a Republican appointee who retired from the high court in 2009 after voting ...

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter, who retired from the court in 2009, has died. He was 85. Souter died Thursday at his home in New Hampshire.

Justice David Souter, a single man, could have been the toast of the town in D.C. But that’s not the life he wanted.

The late justice was picked to be a reliable conservative vote on the court. But he drifted left—and the right has never ...

An intensely private man, former Supreme Court Justice David Souter often sided with liberals despite being nominated by a ...

Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter has died at age 85. The ascetic bachelor and New Hampshire Republican became a ...

Appointed to the Supreme Court in 1990 by Republican President George H.W. Bush, Souter quickly emerged as a consistent ...

Souter was never supposed to be a hard-right ideologue. That distinction would go to Bush’s next appointment, Clarence Thomas ...

Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter was a steady member of the high court's liberal wing during his tenure despite ...

Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter died Thursday at his home in New Hampshire at the age of 85, the Court announced ...

David Souter, the former U.S. Supreme Court justice who died at 85 last Thursday, was sometimes mistakenly thought to have turned into a liberal after being nominated by President George ...