This article is part of a series on the legacy and jurisprudence of the late Justice David Souter. Charles Barzun is a ...

A celebrity, said historian Daniel Boorstin, is someone known for his or her well-knownness. David H. Souter, who died on May ...

His jurisprudence has been overshadowed by that of his showier colleagues but was a model of principled restraint.

In a world of grandstanding and gavels, David Souter was a whisper — a Granite State recluse who slipped onto the Supreme ...

Many Americans may have missed this week the passing of Justice David Souter, who retired from the Supreme Court in 2009 ...

David Souter, the former U.S. Supreme Court justice who died at 85 on May 8, was sometimes mistakenly thought to have turned ...

No David Souter – who nearly resigned in agony over the court’s nakedly partisan interference to decide the 2000 presidential ...

Opinion: Souter was an intellectual powerhouse who wrote major opinions on issues of religion, First Amendment, privacy, ...

The performer later crafted a stage career that took him to Broadway in such shows as “Art,” “Hairspray” and “Elf.” ...

At Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s direction, flags in New Hampshire flew at half staff last week. It was a fitting tribute to David ...

One by one, the nine Supreme Court justices paid tribute to David Souter following his passing last week. They praised his decency, his old-fashioned ways, his generosity to law clerks and his ...