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David Souter
Official portrait, 1990
David Souter
BornDavid Hackett Souter
9/17/1939
BirthplaceMelrose, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died5/8/2025
Hopkinton, New Hampshire, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationJurist, lawyer
Known forAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1990–2009)
EducationHarvard College (A.B.)
Magdalen College, Oxford (Rhodes Scholar)
Harvard Law School (LL.B.)
AwardsRhodes Scholarship

George H. W. Bush William J. Brennan Jr.,[1] Sonia Sotomayor.[2] [3] [4] Phi Beta Kappa Rhodes Scholarship [5] Warren Rudman,[6] Meldrim Thomson Jr.,[7] John Sununu William J. Brennan Jr.,[8] Robert Bork <ref>"The Empathy War". The New York Times. 2009-05-02. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"N.A.A.C.P. Urges Souter's Defeat, Citing Earlier Statements on Race". The New York Times. 1990-09-22. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<William Rehnquist John Roberts.<ref>"David Souter Fast Facts". CNN. September 6, 2025. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<Sandra Day O'Connor Anthony Kennedy <ref>"Souter: Anchoring the Court's New Center". The New York Times. 1992-07-03. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<John Paul Stevens,Ruth Bader Ginsburg,Stephen Breyer Commerce Clause <ref>"The intellectual empathy of David Souter". SCOTUSblog. May 28, 2025. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"The intellectual empathy of David Souter". SCOTUSblog. May 28, 2025. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"David Souter Gives Barack Obama a Supreme Court Vacancy". National Review. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"David Souter Gives Barack Obama a Supreme Court Vacancy". National Review. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<Barack Obama <ref>"Obama Announces Souter's Retirement". The New York Times. May 1, 2009. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"Souter and Justices Exchange Farewells". The New York Times. June 29, 2009. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<Sonia Sotomayor,<ref>"First Circuit Upholds Firearms Restrictions". Courthouse News Service. June 21, 2016. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"Text of Justice David Souter's Speech". Harvard Gazette. May 2010. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"Justice Souter's book list". SCOTUSblog. September 17, 2025. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"Why David Souter was my favorite Supreme Court justice". Miller Center. May 13, 2025. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"'He Was a Great Judge'". Harvard Law School. May 10, 2025. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<John Roberts <ref>"'He Was a Great Judge'". Harvard Law School. May 10, 2025. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"Tributes to Justice Souter". Yale Law Journal. October 31, 2025. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"Justice David Souter: A Former Supreme Court Employee Remembers". Harvard Law Review. December 10, 2025. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"Why David Souter was my favorite Supreme Court justice". Miller Center. May 13, 2025. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"Notable Alumni". Concord School District. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<Phi Beta Kappa <ref>"David Souter Gives Barack Obama a Supreme Court Vacancy". National Review. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<Samuel Alito,Neil Gorsuch,Brett Kavanaugh,Amy Coney Barrett,Antonin Scalia <ref>"Text of Justice David Souter's Speech". Harvard Gazette. May 2010. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"The intellectual empathy of David Souter". SCOTUSblog. May 28, 2025. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<Clarence Thomas Benjamin Robbins Curtis Harry Blackmun William Cushing Horace Gray John Archibald Campbell <refe

  1. ↑ "Souter: Anchoring the Court's New Center". The New York Times. 1992-07-03. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  2. ↑ "'He Was a Great Judge'". Harvard Law School. May 10, 2025. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  3. ↑ "David Souter Fast Facts". CNN. September 6, 2025. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  4. ↑ "Notable Alumni". Concord School District. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  5. ↑ "'He Was a Great Judge'". Harvard Law School. May 10, 2025. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  6. ↑ "David Souter Fast Facts". CNN. September 6, 2025. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  7. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named gpoaccess
  8. ↑ "David Souter Fast Facts". CNN. September 6, 2025. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
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