This article is part of a series on the legacy and jurisprudence of the late Justice David Souter. Charles Barzun is a ...

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 ...

Clearly, Trump’s next nominee will be a major player in this impending shift ... David Souter—for who he was, and who he wasn’t—fundamentally altered the political terrain on which ...

"Justice Souter's political legacy is that Republicans felt ... The new justice will likewise face an ongoing shift in how much power the federal government may have relative to the states.

David Souter, who died on Thursday at age 85 ... Eisenhower’s picks during that two-term gap did not shift the balance: Justice William Brennan became the intellectual leader of the court ...

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum ... retiring Justice Thurgood Marshall, Souter made a marked shift towards the center by voting with the court ...

I’m speaking of Justice David Souter, and regardless of what you ... And once again, the nation is confronting a profound political and legal transformation that might not have happened if ...

David Souter is one of the most private ... a pocket-size argument for the value of feelings in our lives. The Political Scene Podcast How Experts Became the Enemy “R.F.K. Jr. got so much ...

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 ...