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Signature. David Souter's voice. David Souter delivers the opinion of the Court in Clark v. Arizona. Recorded June 29, 2006. David Hackett Souter ( / ˈsuːtər / SOO-tər; born September 17, 1939) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1990 until his retirement in 2009. [3]
The first was Judge Sonia Sotomayor to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Justice David H. Souter. Sotomayor was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 6, 2009, by a vote of 68–31. The second appointment was that of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace the retired John Paul Stevens. Kagan was confirmed by the Senate on ...
One such justice was David Souter, who was nominated by George H. W. Bush. When nominated, he was not well known and had no paper trail whatsoever. Many pundits and politicians at the time expected Souter to be a conservative; however, after becoming a justice, his opinions generally fell on the liberal side of the political spectrum.
Frank Richardson (1914-1999) — Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court; Susie Marshall Sharp (1907-1996) — Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court; David H. Souter (born 1939) — Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court (Nominated in 1990 by George H. W. Bush and Confirmed) Administration officials
Justice David H Souter filed an opinion concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part. The opinion supports the court's decision insofar as it relies on stare decisis, but disagrees with the Griffin and Carpenters "rights guaranteed against private encroachment" and "class-based animus" requirements.
Liberalism portal. United States portal. v. t. e. Elena Kagan ( / ˈkeɪɡən / KAY-guhn; born April 28, 1960) is an American lawyer who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was appointed in 2010 by President Barack Obama and is the fourth woman to serve on the Court. Kagan was born and raised in New ...
2007 term United States Supreme Court opinions of David Souter. The 2007 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 1, 2007, and concluded September 30, 2008. This was the eighteenth term of Associate Justice David Souter 's tenure on the Court. Gall v. United States.
Lost Liberty Hotel. 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 David Souter 's properties in Weare, New Hampshire. The proposal was a reaction to the Supreme Court’s Kelo v. New London (2005) decision in which Souter joined the majority ruling that ...