A Warning From Justice Souter: Democracy Is in Peril

Justice David H. Souter, who died last week, said in 2012 that public ignorance of the Constitution could lead to the rise of an autocrat and the death of democracy.

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Justice David Souter, Who Traded White Marble for the White Mountains

Retiring at just 69 after two decades on the Supreme Court, the justice left a legacy of case-by-case judging, intellectual rigor and a complete lack of pretension.

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David H. Souter, Republican Justice Who Allied With Court’s Liberal Wing, Dies at 85

He left conservatives bitterly disappointed with his migration from right to left, leading to the cry of “no more Souters.”

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A Supreme Court Case Threatens the Church-State Divide

The case invites further fragmentation of public education.

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