WASHINGTON — Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, the ascetic bachelor and New Hampshire Republican who became a ...

Former Justice David Souter, who appointed to the Supreme Court by President George H. W. Bush in 1990 but surprised ...

Souter was appointed by a Republican president but became a reliable liberal vote on the high court. Those days are over.

On the high court from 1990 to 2009, he saw his role as one of quiet resistance against excess and dramatic change.

Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, who surprised his Republican backers by becoming a staunch liberal on the high ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Bookish and reclusive jurist David Souter, who joined the U.S. Supreme Court as a ...