Appointed to the Supreme Court in 1990 by Republican President George H.W. Bush, Souter quickly emerged as a consistent ...

The late justice was picked to be a reliable conservative vote on the court. But he drifted left—and the right has never ...

New Hampshire-born attorney was named to the high court by President George HW Bush and became a target of conservatives ...

The Bush administration thus squandered a rare opportunity to shift the ideological ... judicial liberal since 1956. Souter's unlikely nomination infuriated the political party that first ...

Conservative judicial activists were critical of his leftward shift, viewing him ... He never sought to promote a political agenda.' Once engaged but never married, Souter remained a 'confirmed ...

David H. Souter, former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his independence and quiet demeanor, has passed ...