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Opinion: Former Souter clerk Kermit Roosevelt writes that Justice Souter avoided zingers and didn't adopt a theory like ...

On the high court from 1990 to 2009, he saw his role as one of quiet resistance against excess and dramatic change.

Even in cases that had outcomes that disappointed me, I rarely quibbled with Souter’s clear judicial lodestar. Justice David Souter was not a man drawn to the trappings of Washington.

The tenure of the late Justice David H. Souter on the Supreme Court helped shape the modern era of judicial confirmations.