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Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter dies at 85

By Ross O'Keefe
Published May 9, 2025 9:52am ET
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Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter died “peacefully at home in New Hampshire” on Thursday, the high court announced Friday. He was 85.

Then-President George H.W. Bush appointed Souter to the court in 1990 after the long-serving Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr. stepped down.

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