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David Souter, the former U.S. Supreme Court justice who died at 85 on Thursday, was sometimes mistakenly thought to have ...

The Trump administration’s attack on higher education won’t be confined to Harvard University. And Americans should be ...

Opinion: Former Souter clerk Kermit Roosevelt writes that Justice Souter avoided zingers and didn't adopt a theory like ...

On the high court from 1990 to 2009, he saw his role as one of quiet resistance against excess and dramatic change.

Souter’s time ... their thin judicial records. In 2020, Cruz published a book called “One Vote Away: How a Single Supreme Court Seat Can Change History” which laid out his philosophy for ...