Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up, SUPREME COURT NEWS—Justice Souter’s passing mourned, (May 9, 2025)

By Brandi O. Brown, J.D.

“Justice David Souter served our Court with great distinction for nearly twenty years,” said Chief Justice Roberts. “He brought uncommon wisdom and kindness to a lifetime of public service.”

Retired Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, David H. Souter, died yesterday at the age of 85. Justice Souter was appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1990, and retired in 2009, after nearly two decades of service on the Court and many years of public service prior to that time.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. had this to say of his retired colleague: “Justice David Souter served our Court with great distinction for nearly twenty years. He brought uncommon wisdom and kindness to a lifetime of public service. After retiring to his beloved New Hampshire in 2009, he continued to render significant service to our branch by sitting regularly on the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit for more than a decade. He will be greatly missed.”

Justice Souter graduated from Harvard College, received an A.B. in Jurisprudence from Oxford University, as well as an M.A. in 1963. He received an LL.B. from Harvard Law School. He also worked as the Assistant Attorney General, then the Deputy Attorney General, and then the Attorney General of New Hampshire. In 1978, he was named an Associate Justice of the Superior Court of New Hampshire, and he was appointed to the Supreme Court of New Hampshire as an Associate Justice in 1983. He became a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in 1990.

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