WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, the ascetic bachelor and New Hampshire Republican who became a favorite of liberals during his nearly 20 years on the bench, has ...

WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court Justice David Souter has told President Obama he will retire when the term ends in June, handing President Obama the chance to make the first Democratic appointment to ...

A new Gallup poll finds public approval of the Supreme Court falling below 40 percent for the first time in the poll’s ...

The late former Supreme Court Justice David Souter was unusual in many ways, and we won’t see his like again. But we shouldn’t let his supposed eccentricity overshadow his dedication to the ...

With the U.S. Supreme Court taking fewer cases, lawyers have increasingly turned to outside groups to help catch the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he will nominate an individual who is "dedicated to the rule of law" to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court.

1990 —Less than three months after appointing New Hampshire supreme court justice David Hackett Souter to the First Circuit, President George H.W. Bush nominates him to the Supreme Court vacancy ...

The Supreme Court majority agreed that Congress intended the law to be broadly interpreted. In dissent, Justice David Souter argued that the Fifth Amendment requires that a specific determination be ...