David Souter is a member of the U.S. Supreme Court. David Hackett Souter, Associate Justice, was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, September 17, 1939. He was graduated from Harvard College, from which he received his A.B. After two years...
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David Souter is a member of the U.S. Supreme Court. David Hackett Souter, Associate Justice, was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, September 17, 1939. He was graduated from Harvard College, from which he received his A.B. After two years as a Rhodes Scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford, he received an A.B. in Jurisprudence from Oxford University and an M.A. in 1989. After receiving an LL.B. from Harvard Law School, he was an associate at Orr and Reno in Concord, New Hampshire from 1966 to 1968, when he became an Assistant Attorney General of New Hampshire. In 1971, he became Deputy Attorney General and in 1976, Attorney General of New Hampshire. In 1978, he was named an Associate Justice of the Superior Court of New Hampshire, and was appointed to the Supreme Court of New Hampshire as an Associate Justice in 1983. He became a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on May 25, 1990. President Bush nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat October 9, 1990.
An old debate about whether judges should be elected or appointed is heating up again. Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and several state Supreme Court justices are planning a nationwide push for next year's legislative sessions to do away with elected judges. Nevada already has a proposal before voters on 2010 ballots. Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court narrowly ruled that elected judges must step aside if campaign donations are likely to create the perception of... Read Full Story
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether a Christian student group's right to religious liberty and the freedom of association can trum Read Full Story
Britain's new Supreme Court won't hear its first case until Monday, but the justices are already at work. Shortly after the newly titled justices of the Supreme Court were sworn in Thursday, they got down to business — an impromptu administrative hearing relating to a case they'll decide later this month. The justices used to be known as Law Lords, and are the country's highest court of appeal. They used to make their rulings from the red benches of the stately House of Lords, in the Houses... Read Full Story
Britain's most powerful judges take up their first case this week with new robes, new titles, a new office, and — some argue — more power. Monday marks the hearing of the first case by Britain's new Supreme Court, a group of 12 justices who were until recently known as the Law Lords. The justices used to make their rulings from the red benches of the stately House of Lords. They now sit across the street at London's faux-medieval Middlesex Guildhall, at a simple crescent table, on a carpet... Read Full Story
Supreme Court justices Felix Frankfurter and William Brennan — Washington neighbors and frequent adversaries on the bench — are among four justices being honored on new stamps. Nineteenth-century Justice Joseph Story, whose father took part in the Boston Tea Party, and Justice Louis Brandeis, the first Jewish American on the court, are the others. The four 44-cent stamps were released Tuesday at ceremonies at the court that included Chief Justice John Roberts. The justices were recognized... Read Full Story
Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has hired fewer law clerks than usual, generating speculation that the leader of the court's liberals will retire next year. If Stevens does step down, he would give President Barack Obama his second high court opening in two years. Obama chose Justice Sonia Sotomayor for the court when Justice David Souter announced his retirement in May. Souter's failure to hire clerks was the first signal that he was contemplating leaving the court. Stevens, 89... Read Full Story
In what will set the stage for the first test of what kind of justice Barack Obama will nominate to the United States, Justice David Souter has announced that he intends to retire at the end of the current term of the Court. Souter has been a liberal to moderate justice and we can only hope that Obama selects someone of a similar judicial temperament . Having suffered personally at the hands of judges who in my opinion cannot separate their personal religious views from the administration of... Read Full Story
From the Desk of Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton:
Supreme Court Justice David Souter announced he was retiring week, providing Barack Obama his first opportunity to make his mark on the High Court. Souter will leave the bench at the completion of the Supreme Court term on June 30th.
According to The Washington Post :
U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter plans to retire, giving President Barack Obama his first chance to make an appointment to the nation’s highest court…An... Read Full Story
Text of President Barack Obama nominating Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court on Tuesday, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions. ___ Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Please, everybody, have a seat. Thank you. Thank you. Well, I'm excited too. Of the many responsibilities granted to a president by our Constitution, few are more serious or more consequential than selecting a Supreme Court justice. The members of our highest court are granted life tenure, often serving long after the... Read Full Story
Lightning must strike and sometimes more than once for someone to be nominated to the Supreme Court, Justice Stephen Breyer has said. But the way prospective justices are chosen, while sometimes messy, has none of the randomness of the lightning bolt. Presidents set their staffs working on potential candidates almost from the day they take office, if not before. Writings are analyzed and personal lives are combed for problems. Before a smiling President Barack Obama stands with his nominee... Read Full Story
From Spain's Princess Letizia to Italy's Mara Carfagna, the game of politics is no stranger to beautiful, powerful women. Following is a list of women whose influence is matched only by their sheer hotness.
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