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David Souter's life of service: Former Supreme Court justice dies at 85
May 9, 2025, 10:08 a.m. ET
President George H.W. Bush introduces his Supreme Court justice nominee Judge David Souter at the White House, on July 23, 1990.
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Judge David Souter meets with then Senator Joseph Biden on July 26, 1990.
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Judge David Souter is sworn in as a Supreme Court Justice by Chief Justice of the United States William Rehnquist in the East Room of the White House on October 8, 1990.
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Supreme Court Justice David Souter on Nov. 1, 1994.
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President Bill Clinton talks with Supreme Court Justice David Souter, left, and U.S. Congressman John Sununu Jr., center, after presenting the Presidential Citizen's Medals at a ceremony at the White House, January 8, 2001.
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Supreme Court Associate Justices Stephen Breyer, David H. Souter and Anthony M. Kennedy attend a news conference at the Supreme Court to urge better pay for federal judges May 28, 2003 in Washington, DC.
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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor walks with retired justice David Souter out of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception after the funeral service for Justice Antonin Scalia on February 20, 2016 after the funeral service for Antonin Scalia.
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Meryl Streep smiles during a moment with former Supreme Court Justice David Souter during the Harvard University graduation ceremonies in Cambridge on May 27, 2010.
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