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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 ...

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.

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

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

David Souter, the former US Supreme Court justice who dismayed Republicans by siding with liberals on some of America’s most ...

Opinion: Souter was an intellectual powerhouse who wrote major opinions on issues of religion, First Amendment, privacy, ...

Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter, who was appointed to the Court by President George H.W. Bush in 1990, has died at ...

Former President George H.W. Bush appointed David Souter to the court in 1990 after the long-serving Supreme Court Justice ...

Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, the ascetic bachelor and New Hampshire Republican who became a favorite of ...

Former US Supreme Court Justice David Souter, who also served as NH attorney general and an associate justice on the NH ...