David H. Souter

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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States human judge lawyer

David H. Souter is a retired Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, known for his moderate to liberal jurisprudence and independence from the conservative expectations of the president who appointed him.

Aliases (1)

David Souter ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States → human → judge → lawyer →
appointedBy	George H. W. Bush →
barAdmission	New Hampshire Bar →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1939-09-17 →
educatedAt	Harvard College → Harvard Law School → Magdalen College, Oxford →
employer	Judicial branch of the United States federal government → State of New Hampshire →
endTime	2009-06-29 →
familyName	Souter →
fieldOfWork	constitutional law → judicial decision-making →
givenName	David →
honorificPrefix	The Honorable →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	Supreme Court of the United States →
middleName	Hackett →
nominatedBy	George H. W. Bush →
notableCase	Bush v. Gore → Lee v. Weisman → McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky → Planned Parenthood v. Casey →
notableFor	independence from conservative expectations of appointing president → moderate to liberal jurisprudence →
occupation	attorney → judge → jurist →
placeOfBirth	Melrose, Massachusetts, United States →
politicalAlignment	judicial moderate →
positionHeld	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States →
previousPositionHeld	Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court → Attorney General of New Hampshire → Judge of the New Hampshire Superior Court → Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit →
religion	Episcopalianism →
replaced	William J. Brennan Jr. →
replacedBy	Sonia Sotomayor →
residence	Weare, New Hampshire, United States →
retirementDate	2009-06-29 →
sexOrGender	male →
startTime	1990-10-09 →
workLocation	Washington, D.C., United States →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cheney v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia → Printz v. United States →	dissentBy
Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (2007) dissent → United States v. Virginia (1996) majority opinion →	joinedBy
Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. → Saenz v. Roe →	joinedByInMajority
American Insurance Assn. v. Garamendi → Planned Parenthood v. Casey →	majorityOpinionBy
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah →	concurrenceBy
Bush v. Gore →	dissentingJustice
United States v. Lopez →	dissentingOpinionBy
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 →	joinedBreyerDissentBy
Gonzales v. Raich ("David Souter") →	joinedMajority
Clinton v. Jones →	justiceInMajority
Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council →	opinionAuthor
Planned Parenthood v. Casey →	pluralityOpinionBy