Word: souter
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...going to change, that 20 years from now she’ll be the same person with the same philosophy that she is today,” Bush said in a press conference Tuesday in what was widely interpreted as a reference to Justice David Souter, who has disappointed conservatives during his 15 years on the Court...
...President's father may still be haunted by how incorrectly he read David H. Souter when he chose him for the high court, but Bush knows few lawyers as well as he knows Miers. She has traveled with him often, dodging leaking oil from military helicopters and roughing it in the senior staff trailer at the ranch in Crawford. When her name was floated toward the end of the consideration process, most reporters thought it was a head fake, in part because she is 60. Republicans had expected someone younger who could theoretically serve longer, since the court may turn...
Roberts’ confirmation turns a Court dominated by Harvard alums an even deeper shade of Crimson. Six of the Court’s nine justices have ties to Harvard. David H. Souter ’61 graduated from the College, while Justices Souter, Stephen G. Breyer, Antonin Scalia, and Anthony M. Kennedy hold Harvard Law degrees. Ruth Bader Ginsburg attended HLS for two years before transferring to Columbia...
Roberts’ confirmation turns a court dominated by Harvard alums a deeper shade of Crimson. Six of the court’s nine justices have ties to Harvard. David H. Souter ’61 graduated from the College, while Justices Souter, Stephen G. Breyer, Antonin Scalia, and Anthony M. Kennedy hold Harvard Law degrees. Ruth Bader Ginsburg attended HLS for two years before transferring to Columbia. The late Chief Justice Rehnquist also held an M.A. in government from the University...
...remarks, Kagan also announced that the school will host three Supreme Court justices over the next few months, including discussions with Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Antonin Scalia later this month. Justice David H. Souter ’61 will visit the school in November...