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 couplecourtdecision share on social
I am not a pessimist, but I am not an optimist about the future of American democracy. David Souter americandemocracyfuture Change image and share on social
In a perfect world, I would never give another speech, address, talk, lecture or whatever as long as I live. David Souter addressgivelecture Change image and share on social
While Congress did not, to my knowledge, calculate aggregate dollar values for the nationwide effects of racial discrimination in 1964, in 1994 it did rely on evidence of the harms caused by domestic violence and sexual assault, citing annual costs of $3 billion in 1990 and $5 to $10 billion in 1993. David Souter aggregateannualassault share on social
The day you see a camera come into our courtroom, it's going to roll over my dead body. David Souter bodycameracourtroom Change image and share on social
What I worry about is that when problems are not addressed, people will not know who is responsible. David Souter addresspeopleproblem Change image and share on social
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 affirmativecitizencongress share on social
We want order and security, and we want liberty. And we want not only liberty but equality as well. David Souter equalitylibertyorder Change image and share on social
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 applybrownconstitutional Change image and share on social
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 caseconstitutiondecision share on social