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30 May 2023, 7:46 am
It begins: More than 20 years ago, then-Supreme Court Justice David Souter tried to warn that big money in politics risked turning United States officials into tools of an emerging “plutocracy. [read post]
4 May 2023, 9:51 pm
[There are several intersting revelations, including an unpublished dissent by Justice Antonin Scalia.] [read post]
2 May 2023, 9:01 pm
The only other Republican appointee since 1981 was Justice David Souter, who is an Episcopalian.The current Court has six Catholics in the majority: Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, plus a liberal Catholic (Justice Sotomayor), a Jew (Justice Kagan), and a Protestant (Justice Ketanji Brown). [read post]
26 Apr 2023, 6:30 am
This post was prepared for a roundtable on Civic Education, convened as part of LevinsonFest 2022—a year-long series gathering scholars from diverse disciplines and viewpoints to reflect on Sandy Levinson’s influential work in constitutional law. [read post]
13 Apr 2023, 11:01 am
” Six of the eight other then-justices have passed away, but neither David Souter nor Anthony Kennedy has confirmed presciently counseling Thomas that decades of lavish travel in the company of political operatives — which he had not yet indulged — would be exempt from future disclosure. [read post]
28 Feb 2023, 5:31 am
Justice David Souter wrote that the Court made its decision in part based on whether the new work “adds something new, with a further purpose or different character, altering the first with new expression, meaning, or message; it asks, in other words, whether and to what extent the new work is ‘transformative. [read post]
2 Feb 2023, 10:21 am
We did Twiqbal today, so it was "Remember David Souter. [read post]
31 Dec 2022, 3:12 pm
Bush chose David Souter instead.) [read post]
7 Dec 2022, 8:57 pm
” The claim in the case was incurred through the fraud of David Bartenwerfer; Kate Bartenwerfer, who did not herself commit fraud, is nevertheless liable for that fraud because David was acting as her partner (in selling the house that they owned jointly). [read post]
3 Oct 2022, 4:00 am
10/3/1990: Justice David Souter takes the oath. [read post]
26 Sep 2022, 9:00 pm
Having been active in the profession, I understand that the legitimacy of those deciding disputes is earned in practice, not by treating it as a given.As Justices Sandra Day O’Connor, Anthony Kennedy, and David Souter wrote in upholding a right to reproductive choice in Planned Parenthood v. [read post]
23 Sep 2022, 9:30 pm
O'Neill on Justice Souter (Chicago Sun-Times). [read post]
20 Sep 2022, 6:08 pm
“An unsung hero of our Supreme Court: Retired justice David Souter, who turned 83 a few days ago, exemplifies the kind of humility and grace that receives scant attention in our celebrity-driven, 24/7 news-cycle world. [read post]
17 Aug 2022, 4:00 am
He would appoint David Souter and Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court. [read post]
29 Jul 2022, 7:37 am
Those available include Samuel Alito, Stephen Breyer, Neil Gorsuch, Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh, Anthony Kennedy, Thurgood Marshall, Sandra Day O’Connor, William Rehnquist, John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, Sonia Sotomayor, David Souter, John Paul Stevens, Clarence Thomas, and Earl Warren. [read post]
25 Jul 2022, 5:00 am
Given the chance, Bush passed over his fellow Houstonian, Edith Jones, and selected David Souter. [read post]
21 Jul 2022, 5:55 am
Most recently, Associate Justice David Souter, who was nominated to the Supreme Court by President George W. [read post]
20 Jul 2022, 5:29 am
Finally, the Supreme Court can escape David Souter's shadow. [read post]
14 Jul 2022, 9:01 pm
In Casey, Justices Sandra Day O’Connor, Anthony Kennedy, and David Souter cobbled together a decision for the Court that dodged the invitation to overturn Roe and instead shifted the discussion from the arguably dubious constitutional basis of Roe to the dangers of overturning it.Noting that “Liberty finds no refuge in a jurisprudence of doubt,” this plurality found the right to an abortion in substantive due process, a right less grounded in specific provisions… [read post]
11 Jul 2022, 4:06 am
We hoped he might prove a wild card, another David Souter. [read post]
