Archive for Gegužė 10th, 2009
Justice David Souter
United States
The Supreme Court
Following Souter
May 7th 2009 | WASHINGTON, DC
From The Economist print edition
Barack Obama has a chance to rejuvenate the Supreme Court’s liberal wing
DAVID SOUTER … is a singular character. Though wealthy, he lives the life of Diogenes. He lunches frugally at his desk, typically on yogurt and an apple, which he eats to the core. He seldom goes out. He has no time for modern distractions such as television. But most unusually of all, despite having life tenure as a judge on the Supreme Court, he is planning to retire at the tender age of 69.
He loves judging but hates Washington, DC. He calls it the worst city in the world, though he has barely travelled. He yearns to return to his home in a tiny hamlet in New Hampshire, a dilapidated wooden farmhouse where he lives alone. …>>
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David Souter
by J.Stone
May 01, 2009, The University of Chicago Law School Faculty Blog
It would appear from the latest news reports that Justice David Souter is about to part ways with the Supreme Court after a nineteen-year tenure. At the time of his nomination by President George H. W. Bush, David Souter was a virtual unknown. In his long career as a justice on the New Hampshire Supreme Court, a judge on the New Hampshire trial court, and New Hampshire’s attorney general, he seldom had occasion to express his views on controversial constitutional issues. Many critics of the nomination complained that President Bush had found a “stealth candidate” who had no “paper trail” but was secretly a rock-solid conservative determined to overturn Roe v. Wade and to outlaw affirmative action. It didn’t turn out quite that way. …>>
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United States
The Supreme Court
Change at the top
May 1st 2009
From Economist.com
The retirement of Justice David Souter will let Barack Obama begin to shape the Supreme Court …>>
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NYT blog: The Conversation: Talking between columns / May 6, 2009, 12:46 pm
Who Will Replace Souter?
By David Brooks and Gail Collins
Gail Collins: David, I’m really eager to hear your opinions about the upcoming debate over a new Supreme Court justice. Here are some thoughts …>>
http://theconversation.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/06/who-will-replace-souter/#more-155
