David Souter

MARTIN: Again, we can sit here and assume all day, but the name David Souter also comes back up because, again, folks who are on the right, they thought that he was going to be a reliable vote.

CNN Transcript May 28, 2009 2009

"As active as Justice Souter was, Justice Sotomayor is more active," said Blatt, referring to David Souter, whom Sotomayor replaced.

Supreme Court justices are talking more 2011

They called David Souter the "stealth candidate" of the high court 20 years ago.

CNN Transcript May 1, 2009 2009

They call David Souter the "stealth candidate" for the high court.

CNN Transcript May 1, 2009 2009

Bush One's first pick was the "black box" known as David Souter, quiet and virtually unknown, with a thin and mysterious judicial track record -- and no clearly stated view on abortion.

Living Politics: 'The Good Heart' 2007

"As active as Justice Souter was, Justice Sotomayor is more active," said Blatt, referring to David Souter, whom Sotomayor replaced.

The Seattle Times 2011

Although no one knows for sure how Justice Sonia Sotomayor will vote on abortion issues, the conventional wisdom is that she will be the same as the justice she replaced, David Souter: a reliable vote in favor of abortion rights.

The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

If John McCain rather than Barack Obama had replaced David Souter, I am certain that there would be five votes on the Court today to overrule Roe v.

The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

If John McCain had won the presidency in November 2008 and had been the one to replace David Souter, there is every reason to believe that his nominee would have been the fifth vote to overrule Roe.

The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

Justices Stevens, Ginsburg, and Breyer remain on the Court, but David Souter resigned in 2009, at the relatively young age for a departing justice of sixty-nine years old.

The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010