Supreme Court Justice David Souter, who died last week at age 85, will probably not be remembered as the author of any truly momentous majority opinions, because he never really wrote any of those.

David Souter, a New Hampshire Republican who was named to the Supreme Court by President George H.W. Bush and who over 19 years on that bench became a mainstay of the court’s shrinking liberal wing, ...

Souter played a crucial role in upholding a woman’s right to choose abortion in 1992. Repealing the constitutional right to abortion would be “a surrender to political pressure,” he wrote. Souter ...

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter died at his home in New Hampshire yesterday. He was 85. In a statement today, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote this of Souter - he brought uncommon ...

Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter, who was a persuasive voice on the court when it came to environmental cases, died Thursday at his home in New Hampshire. He was 85. Appointed by former ...

(L-R, Standing) Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Associate Justice David H. Souter, (L-R, Seated) Associate Justice Antonin Scalia and Associate Justice John Paul/ Mark Wilson/Getty Images ...

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a lifelong public servant, judicial moderate and advocate for humanities and civics education, has died. He was 85 years old. "Justice David Souter ...