Word: souter
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...same, when a seat opened up on the Supreme Court in 1990, Starr was too well known as an opponent of abortion rights, and yet too moderate for the Republican right wing, for the cautious Bush White House to place him on the court. The prize went to David Souter. After Bush lost to Clinton, Starr joined the Washington office of the high-powered Chicago-based law firm Kirkland & Ellis. If he had missed the chance for the Supreme Court seat, he would at least have the compensation of a million-dollar-plus income...
...marvel at the career of one of the most brilliant and influential justices in America's history. But seemingly foremost among the characteristics his colleagues recalled was the formidable legal mind who was utterly lovable. "I was not what might be called a Brennan liberal," Justice David H. Souter, who replaced Brennan, recalled in 1992. "I did not know what kind of reception I would get from him. He saw me standing in the outer reception room and he came forward to greet me. I got ready for a handshake and what I got instead was a bear hug," Souter...
...imminent death." She left the question open, but advocates like Laurence Tribe, who argued the New York case, read her words as suggesting possible constitutional exceptions to state bans. Several of the remaining concurring Justices--Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, John Paul Stevens and David Souter--seemed still more receptive. Even Rehnquist, in a footnote, declined to "foreclose" consideration of a "more particularized challenge" by a suffering individual...
...Souter $910,000 to Only Justice to list "numerous $1.95 million books from authors and publishers...
...course, the capital of cabin fever was the capital. Monday was the day the government was to reopen. But when the day arrived, the only open shop was the Supreme Court, with Justice David Souter catching a lift to work after failing to dig his Volkswagen Rabbit out of a drift. John Sturdivant, head of the American Federation of Government Employees, speculated, "It's kind of God's revenge on the craziness of Washington...