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As the military prepares to discharge transgender troops, GLAAD condemns the Supreme Court's decision, citing risks to service members' dignity and safety.
No more Souters” was a right-wing battle cry for years. It led to the intense ideological vetting that gave us today’s ...
Justice David Souter, touted as a steadfast conservative for the Supreme Court in 1990, soon revealed himself as the opposite ...
Justice David Souter, who spent nearly 20 years on the Supreme Court, has died. Souter was a critical figure in several key battles in the court over issues like abortion and the 2000 presidential ...
This week’s Deadline: Legal Newsletter looks at how the late Supreme Court justice’s moderation propelled a Republican revolution.
The late justice was picked to be a reliable conservative vote on the court. But he drifted left—and the right has never ...
Souter, appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1990, preserved abortion rights and became a reliable member of the court’s liberal bloc over two decades.
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Souter was never supposed to be a hard-right ideologue. That distinction would go to Bush’s next appointment, Clarence Thomas ...
Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter was a steady member of the high court's liberal wing during his tenure despite ...
Retiring at just 69 after two decades on the Supreme Court, the justice left a legacy of case-by-case judging, intellectual ...
Current and former justices of the court released a statement in response to the death of Justice David Souter.