David Souter
Events (29)
- July 2-August 28, 1991: Clarence Thomas Nominated for Supreme Court 1991-08-28
- June 28, 1993: Supreme Court Restricts Electoral District Mapping Based on Race 1993-06-28
- June 26, 1996: Court Rules in Favor of Colorado Political Party’s Campaign Expenditures 1996-06-26
- May 12, 1997: Supreme Court Gives Permission for Racially Discriminatory Redistricting 1997-05-12
- November 22-24, 2000: Bush Campaign Files Petition with US Supreme Court Challenging Florida Ruling that Favors Manual Recounts 2000-11-22
- (November 29, 2000): Justice O’Connor Intends to Overturn Florida Supreme Court Decision, Grant Bush Election, Says Her Clerk 2000-11-29
- December 11, 2000: US Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in ‘Bush v. Gore’; Justice Says ‘Counting of Votes’ Does ‘Irreparable Harm’ to Bush 2000-12-11
- 9:54 p.m. December 12, 2000: Supreme Court ‘Bush v. Gore’ Ruling Throws Out Florida Recounts, Gives Presidency to Bush 2000-12-12
- June 16, 2003: Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Direct Corporate Contributions to Candidates 2003-06-16
- December 10, 2003: Court Rules that ‘Soft Money’ Campaign Finance Ban Constitutional, Does Not Violate Free Speech Amendment 2003-12-10
- June 24, 2004: Supreme Court Sends Cheney Energy Task Force Case Back to Appeals Court 2004-06-24
- October 31, 2005 - February 1, 2006: Alito Becomes Supreme Court Justice; Swings Balance of Court to Right 2005-10-31
- June 28, 2006: Supreme Court Upholds Most of Texas’s Controversial Redistricting Map 2006-06-28
- June 30, 2006: Supreme Court Rules Existing Guantanamo Military Commissions Are Illegal; Detainees There Have Legal Rights 2006-06-30
- June 25, 2007: Supreme Court Exempts ‘Issue Ads’ from Campaign Reform Restrictions 2007-06-25
- April 28, 2008: Supreme Court Upholds Indiana Voter ID Law 2008-04-28
- June 22, 2008: Court Rules Detainees Have Habeas Corpus Rights 2008-06-22
- October 31, 2008 and After: New Jersey, US Supreme Courts Throw Out Challenges to Three Presidential Contenders’ Citizenship 2008-10-31
- March 9, 2009: Supreme Court Narrows Voting Rights Act Provisions 2009-03-09
- March 15, 2009: Supreme Court Hears ‘Citizens United’ Campaign Finance Case, Initial Arguments Presented 2009-03-15
- May 1, 2009: Supreme Court Nominee Fight Prime Ground for Fundraising 2009-05-01
- May 21, 2009: Conservatives Targeting Prospective Supreme Court Nominees 2009-05-21
- May 26, 2009: Supreme Court Nomination Difficult for Conservatives to Derail, Legal Experts Write 2009-05-26
- May 26, 2009: Obama Nominates Judge Sotomayor to Supreme Court 2009-05-26
- May 26, 2009: Torture Memo Author Says Obama Chose ‘Empathy over Excellence’ in Nominating Supreme Court Nominee 2009-05-26
- September 9, 2009: Supreme Court Hears Second Round of Arguments in ‘Citizens United,’ Verdict Same as Before 2009-09-09
- June 28, 2010: Claim that Supreme Court Justice Accepted Case Challenging Obama’s Citizenship Debunked 2010-06-28
- May 14-16, 2012: Retired Justice’s Draft Dissent in ‘Citizens United’ Sealed for 50 Years; Law Professor Urges Release 2012-05-14
- May 15-17, 2012: Columnist Attacks Author for Insider Account of ‘Citizens United’ Decision, Expands Attacks to Law Professor, Retired Supreme Court Justice 2012-05-15