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| David H. Souter by Paul Davis (National Portrait Gallery, 1990) |
No one who has Boston needs Paris.
David H. Souter cited legal precedent in two of his most significant opinions, voting with the Supreme Court majority in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which upheld a woman's right to abortion in 1992, and dissenting from the 2000 decision in Bush v Gore that ended a recount of the popular vote in Florida to install the Republican nominee as president by judicial fiat.
David H. Souter chose his retirement date strategically, submitting his resignation from the Supreme Court at the age of 69 only after the election of President Barack Obama to prevent the appointment of another conservative by the son of the man who appointed him.
David H. Souter valued his privacy and kept his mouth shut.
David H. Souter was an optimist.
History provides an antidote to cynicism about the past.
If the robes of Supreme Court justices were numbered, I would wear 105 to honor David H. Souter.
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