David H. Souter (born 1939), a New Hampshire state attorney and state supreme court judge, was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in the fall of 1990 as the 105th justice in the nation's history.Davi...
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Some Supreme Court cases, since Samuel Alito joined the court last year, showing a clear division between conservative and liberal justices._Free speech: Scales back protections for government work...
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Justice David Souter contemplated resigning from the Supreme Court because he was so upset by the decision that sealed the 2000 presidential election for George W. Bush, a new book says.Souter, one...
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Justice David Souter contemplated resigning from the Supreme Court because he was so upset by the decision that sealed the 2000 presidential election for George W. Bush, a new book says.Souter, one...
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The Supreme Court threw out death sentences for three Texas killers Wednesday because of problems with instructions given jurors who were deciding between life in prison and death.In the case of La...
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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear the case of two Guantanamo Bay prisoners who want to challenge the legality of military commissions.Salim Ahmed Hamdan and Omar Khadr face commission tri...
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The suspects were black. The occupants of the house were white, in bed and naked. Guns drawn, the sheriff's deputies ordered them out of bed anyway.The homeowners sued the Los Angeles County sherif...
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The Supreme Court dismissed a convicted murderer's appeal Thursday because he filed it two days late, even though he met a separate deadline set by a judge.The judge mistakenly told the prisoner, K...
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Passengers, like drivers, have a constitutional right to challenge the legality of police decisions to stop cars in which they are traveling, the Supreme Court said Monday.Bruce Brendlin was convic...
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The Supreme Court struggled with the changed world of retirement plans Monday, trying to decide whether a worker has a right to sue to recover losses when his instructions on where to invest his re...
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Washington (dpa) - Lawyers for prisoners in the war on terrorism
appeared before the US Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking the right
for their clients to challenge their det...
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David H. Souter
Cases showing court's ideological divide
