Legislatures not driven to desperation by the problems of public education may be able to see the threat in vouchers negotiable in sectarian schools. David Souter desperationdriveeducation Change image and share on social
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 compromisecountryexample Change image and share on social
I find the workload of what I do sufficiently great that when the term of court starts, I undergo a sort of annual intellectual lobotomy. David Souter annualcourtfind Change image and share on social
Meaning comes from the capacity to see what is not in some simple, objective sense there on the printed page. David Souter capacitymeanobjective Change image and share on social
The restoration comes not only from the landscape and air, though they play their significant part, but from the people. I feel a strong need to be in New Hampshire for as much of the summer as I can manage it. David Souter airfeelhampshire share on social
Murder has foreseeable consequences. When it happens, it is always to distinct individuals, and after it happens, other victims are left behind. David Souter consequencedistinctforeseeable Change image and share on social
The Brady Act was passed in response to what Congress described as an 'epidemic of gun violence.' David Souter actbradycongress Change image and share on social
Over the course of 19 years on the Supreme Court, I learned some lessons about the Constitution of the United States. David Souter constitutioncourtlearn Change image and share on social
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 applicabilitybenefitboard share on social
Every defendant knows, if endowed with the mental competence for criminal responsibility, that the life he will take by his homicidal behavior is that of a unique person, like himself, and that the person to be killed probably has close associates, 'survivors,' who will suffer harms and deprivations from the victim's death. David Souter associatebehaviorclose share on social