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David Souter
David Souter
American Judge
Born: Sep 17, 1939
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Related authors: Clarence Thomas John Roberts Maryanne Trump Barry Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Sonia Sotomayor Thurgood Marshall
There is a danger to judicial independence when people have no understanding of how the judiciary fits into the constitutional scheme. David Souter
People Independence Understanding Judiciary Danger Constitutional Scheme Judicial How Fits
The Constitution is no simple contract, not because it uses a certain amount of open-ended language, but because its language grants and guarantees many good things, and good things that compete with each other and can never all be realized, altogether, all at once. David Souter
Good Constitution Good Things Simple Language Other Once Never Open-Ended Because Altogether Contract Realized Certain Grants Uses Many Each Amount Things Compete Guarantees
History provides an antidote to cynicism about the past. David Souter
History Past About Provides Antidote Cynicism
When Congress exercises the powers delegated to it by the Constitution, it may impose affirmative obligations on executive and judicial officers of state and local governments as well as ordinary citizens. David Souter
Constitution Obligations Congress State Local Local Governments Citizens Powers Executive Well Exercises Judicial Impose Governments Affirmative Officers May Ordinary
Murder has foreseeable consequences. When it happens, it is always to distinct individuals, and after it happens, other victims are left behind. David Souter
Consequences Other Distinct Individuals Always Foreseeable Left Behind After Happens Victims
The Constitution is a pantheon of values, and a lot of hard cases are hard because the Constitution gives no simple rule of decision for the cases in which one of the values is truly at odds with another. David Souter
Constitution Simple Decision Values Odds Rule Cases Gives Another Because Truly Lot Which Hard
In a perfect world, I would never give another speech, address, talk, lecture or whatever as long as I live. David Souter
World Long Whatever Live Address Would Give Perfect Never Perfect World Talk Another Lecture Speech
I retired when the Supreme Court rose for the summer recess in 2009, and a couple of weeks later I drove north from Washington with no regrets about the prior 19 years or about the decision to try living a more normal life for whatever time might remain. David Souter
Life Time Try Decision Whatever Rose Living Summer Later About More No Regrets Remain Weeks Retired Drove Couple Supreme Supreme Court Court Prior Years Normal Normal Life North Might Regrets Washington Recess
It may be that the seemingly intrinsic attraction that past time has for me is merely a desire for escapism, as I look out at the nation and world with little optimism. David Souter
Time Me World Nation Past Out Intrinsic Seemingly Merely Look Attraction Past Time Optimism Escapism May Little Desire
What I worry about is that when problems are not addressed, people will not know who is responsible. David Souter
People Problems Will Worry Responsible About Know Who
I am not a pessimist, but I am not an optimist about the future of American democracy. David Souter
Future Democracy Pessimist About Am Optimist American
I would like to think that enough examples of non-compromise are going to start people thinking that there must be a better way to try to govern the country. David Souter
People Better Try Country Think Thinking Enough Way Must Would Examples Better Way Like Govern Going Start
If speech always wins, even if it's an atomic secret that's going to be broadcast to our enemies, it's easy to make a decision. Speech always wins. But it doesn't... Liberty doesn't always trump equality or equality always trump liberty. David Souter
Equality Liberty Enemies Decision Secret Our Broadcast Easy Atomic Wins Make Always Trump Going Even Speech
For those whose exclusive norm of constitutional judging is merely fair reading of language applied to facts objectively viewed, 'Brown' must either be flat-out wrong or a very mystifying decision. David Souter
Decision Language Reading Those Must Constitutional Brown Objectively Facts Wrong Merely Exclusive Fair Judging Norm Very Either Viewed Whose Applied
Congress has the power to legislate with regard to activity that, in the aggregate, has a substantial effect on interstate commerce. David Souter
Power Congress Interstate Effect Commerce Legislate Substantial Regard Aggregate Activity
The applicability of the Establishment Clause to public funding of benefits to religious schools was settled in Everson v. Board of Ed. of Ewing, which inaugurated the modern era of establishment doctrine. David Souter
Benefits Settled Religious Clause Doctrine Schools Era Modern Modern Era Establishment Which Board Public Inaugurated Funding
The Brady Act was passed in response to what Congress described as an 'epidemic of gun violence.' David Souter
Gun Congress Response Passed Brady Epidemic Act Violence
Ellis Island lies in New York Harbor 1,300 feet from Jersey City, New Jersey, and one mile from the tip of Manhattan. At the time of the first European settlement, it was mostly mud, sand, and oyster shells, which nearly disappeared at high tide. David Souter
Time First Ellis Settlement High City Lies Disappeared New Feet Tide Mostly Island Shells New Jersey York Tip New York Manhattan Which Sand Mud Mile Harbor European Jersey Nearly
There can be no stronger claim to a physician's assistance than at the time when death is imminent, a moral judgment implied by the state's own recognition of the legitimacy of medical procedures necessarily hastening the moment of impending death. David Souter
Death Time Stronger Physician Judgment Own State Claim Recognition Moral Imminent Impending Implied Than Legitimacy Procedures Moment Medical Necessarily Assistance

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