David Souter’s death closes a chapter on a Supreme Court justice who prized duty over dogma and humility over hubris.

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Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a Republican appointee who retired from the high court in 2009 after voting ...

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter, who retired from the court in 2009, has died. He was 85. Souter died Thursday ...

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

Former Supreme Court justice David Souter, the intellectual New Englander who disappointed Republicans and delighted liberals by slowing a conservative transformation of the high court ...

Justice David Souter, a single man, could have been the toast of the town in D.C. But that’s not the life he wanted.

He left conservatives bitterly disappointed with his migration from right to left, leading to the cry of “no more Souters.” ...

The late justice was picked to be a reliable conservative vote on the court. But he drifted left—and the right has never ...

Justice David Souter passed away last week. I clerked for him early in his tenure on the Court, in October Term 1992, and ever since the news, I've been thinking about him—talking with friends ...

An intensely private man, former Supreme Court Justice David Souter often sided with liberals despite being nominated by a ...

Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a Republican who became a darling of liberals during his nearly 20 years on the bench, has died. He was 85.(2008 File Photo / The Associated Press) ...