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| Preceded by | William J. Brennan |
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Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
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| In office May 25, 1990 – October 9, 1990 |
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| Nominated by | George H. W. Bush |
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| In office 1976 – 1978 |
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| Preceded by | Warren Rudman |
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| In office 1971 – 1976 |
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| Born | September 17, 1939 Melrose, Massachusetts |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
- For the Australian artist, see David Henry Souter. Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are the members of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the Chief Justice of the United States Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12 1924 served as the forty-first President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 William Joseph Brennan Jr ( April 25, 1906 &ndash July 24, 1997) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is a federal court with Appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12 1924 served as the forty-first President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 The New Hampshire Attorney General is a constitutional officer of the U Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Warren Bruce Rudman (born May 18, 1930 in Boston Massachusetts) was an American Senator from New Hampshire. The New Hampshire Attorney General is a constitutional officer of the U Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Melrose is a city located in the Greater Boston metropolitan area and Middlesex County Massachusetts. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The Episcopal Church is the official name of the Province of the Anglican Communion in the United States. David Henry Souter (1862 – 1935 was an Australian artist and journalist
David Hackett Souter (born September 17, 1939) has been an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1990. Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are the members of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the Chief Justice of the United States The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) He filled the seat vacated by William J. Brennan. William Joseph Brennan Jr ( April 25, 1906 &ndash July 24, 1997) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Appointed to the Court by Republican President George H. W. Bush, he usually votes with the liberal wing, though not as consistently as his predecessor. George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12 1924 served as the forty-first President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 He currently ranks fourth in seniority among the Associate Justices.
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Legal and judicial career
After graduating from Harvard Law School, Souter worked as an associate at Orr & Reno in Concord, New Hampshire from 1966 to 1968. Harvard Law School (also known as Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional Graduate schools of Harvard University. The city of Concord (ˈkɒnkərd often mispronounced as " Concorde " is the Capital of the state of New Hampshire in the United States He accepted a position as an Assistant Attorney General of New Hampshire in 1968, beginning his lifelong career in public service. New Hampshire ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. As Assistant Attorney General he worked in the criminal division, prosecuting cases in the courts. In 1971, Warren Rudman, then the Attorney General of New Hampshire, selected him to be the Deputy Attorney General. Warren Bruce Rudman (born May 18, 1930 in Boston Massachusetts) was an American Senator from New Hampshire.
In 1976, Rudman resigned to enter private practice and Souter succeeded him as the Attorney General of New Hampshire. The New Hampshire Attorney General is a constitutional officer of the U In 1978, he was named an Associate Justice of the Superior Court of New Hampshire, and was appointed to the New Hampshire Supreme Court as an Associate Justice in 1983. The New Hampshire Supreme Court is the supreme court of the U
David Souter became a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on May 25, 1990, having been nominated January 24, 1990. The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is a federal court with Appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts His old friend Warren Rudman (who had since been elected a Senator) and former New Hampshire governor John H. Sununu - then chief of staff to President George H. W. Bush - were instrumental in both his nomination and his confirmation to the Supreme Court. Warren Bruce Rudman (born May 18, 1930 in Boston Massachusetts) was an American Senator from New Hampshire. John Henry Sununu (born July 2, 1939 in Havana Cuba is a former Governor of New Hampshire (1983–89 and former White House Chief George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12 1924 served as the forty-first President of the United States from 1989 to 1993
Later that year, President Bush nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on July 25, 1990, (see [1]), and he took his seat on October 9, 1990, shortly after the United States Senate confirmed him by a vote of 90 to 9 after the Senate Judiciary Committee reported out the nomination by a vote of 14-3. Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (informally Senate Judiciary Committee) is a Standing committee of the United States Senate, the The press called him the "stealth justice" since his professional record provoked no real controversy, and provided very little paper trail.
Souter, along with former Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justice Stephen Breyer, has a reputation for being a strong guardian of the Court's institutional integrity. William Hubbs Rehnquist (October 1 1924 – September 3 2005 was an American lawyer, jurist, and a political figure who served as an Associate Justice Stephen Gerald Breyer (born August 15 1938 is an American Attorney and Jurist. A traditionalist in this regard, he famously stated, in response to proposals to videotape oral arguments before the Supreme Court, "I can tell you the day you see a camera come into our courtroom, it's going to roll over my dead body. " He has also served as the Court's designated representative to Congress on at least one occasion, testifying before committees of that body about the Court's needs for additional funding to refurbish its building and for other projects.
Initially, from 1990-93, he tended to be a conservative-leaning Justice, although more in the mold of Anthony Kennedy than Antonin Scalia or William Rehnquist. Anthony McLeod Kennedy (born July 23, 1936) has been an Associate Justice of the U (born March 11, 1936) is an American Jurist and the second most senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States William Hubbs Rehnquist (October 1 1924 – September 3 2005 was an American lawyer, jurist, and a political figure who served as an Associate Justice In Souter's first year, Souter and Scalia voted alike close to 85 percent of the time; Souter voted with Kennedy and O'Connor about 97 percent of the time. The symbolic turning point came in 1992 in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, in which the Court reaffirmed the essential holding in Roe v. Wade. Planned Parenthood v Casey, 505 US 833 ( 1992) was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Constitutionality Roe v Wade, 410 US 113 (1973 is a controversial United States Supreme Court case that resulted in a Landmark decision regarding Souter and Anthony Kennedy each considered overturning Roe and upholding all the restrictions at issue in Casey. After consulting with O'Connor, however, the three (who came to be known as the "troika") developed a joint opinion which upheld all the restrictions in the Casey case except for the mandatory notification of a husband while asserting the essential holding of Roe, that a right to an abortion is protected by the Constitution. Casey was decided by a 5 to 4 vote. Although appointed by a Republican president, and thus expected to be conservative (see Segal-Cover score), Souter is now considered part of the liberal wing of the Court. Segal-Cover scores attempt to measure the relative liberalism or conservatism of United States Supreme Court justices
After he was sworn in he said, "The first lesson, simple as it is, is that whatever court we're in, whatever we are doing, at the end of our task some human being is going to be affected. Some human life is going to be changed by what we do. And so we had better use every power of our minds and our hearts and our beings to get those rulings right. "
Personal
Souter enjoys mountain climbing in New Hampshire during the judicial off-season. New Hampshire ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. He is co-chair of the We the People National Advisory Committee. Justice Souter is not married, though he was once engaged.
Because he joined the Court's decision in Kelo v. New London, some New Hampshire residents, backed primarily by the Free State project, attempted to secure an eminent domain seizure of Souter's personal residence for the Lost Liberty Hotel with a dining room called the Just Desserts Cafe. Kelo v City of New London, 545 US 469 (2005 was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States involving the use of Eminent domain The Lost Liberty Hotel or Lost Liberty Inn was a proposed Hotel to be built on the site of United States Supreme Court Associate Justice [1]
According to Jeffrey Toobin's book The Nine, Souter has a decidedly low-tech lifestyle. He writes with a fountain pen and does not use email. He has no cell phone, no answering machine, and no television.
References
External links
- Supreme court official bio (PDF)
- Project Vote Smart - Associate Justice David Hackett Souter profile
| Legal offices | ||
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| Preceded by Hugh Henry Bownes |
Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit 1990 |
Succeeded by Norman H. Stahl |
| Preceded by William J. Brennan |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 1990-present |
Incumbent |
| Order of precedence in the United States of America | ||
| Preceded by Anthony Kennedy |
United States order of precedence as of 2008 |
Succeeded by Clarence Thomas |
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| NAME | Souter, David Hackett |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American judge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 17, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Melrose, Massachusetts, United States |
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