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Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government had the power to issue commands to the several sovereign states, but it had no authority to govern individuals directly.

~David Souter

Topics: Articles Authority Commands Confederation Directly Govern Government Had Individuals Issue National Power Several Sovereign States

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Ellis Island lies in New York Harbor 1,300 feet from Jersey City, New Jersey, and one mile from the tip of Manhattan. At the time of the first European settlement, it was mostly mud, sand, and oyster shells, which nearly disappeared at high tide.

~David Souter

Topics: City Disappeared European Feet First Harbor High Island Jersey Lies Manhattan Mile Mostly Mud Nearly New New Jersey New York Sand Settlement Shells Tide Time Tip Which York Oyster

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While Congress did not, to my knowledge, calculate aggregate dollar values for the nationwide effects of racial discrimination in 1964, in 1994 it did rely on evidence of the harms caused by domestic violence and sexual assault, citing annual costs of $3 billion in 1990 and $5 to $10 billion in 1993.

~David Souter

Topics: Aggregate Annual Assault Billion Calculate Caused Citing Congress Costs Did Discrimination Dollar Domestic Effects Evidence Knowledge Nationwide Racial Rely Sexual Values Violence While

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There can be no stronger claim to a physician's assistance than at the time when death is imminent, a moral judgment implied by the state's own recognition of the legitimacy of medical procedures necessarily hastening the moment of impending death.

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Topics: Assistance Claim Death Imminent Implied Judgment Legitimacy Medical Moment Moral Necessarily Own Physician Procedures Recognition State Stronger Than Time

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Murder has foreseeable consequences. When it happens, it is always to distinct individuals, and after it happens, other victims are left behind.

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Topics: After Always Behind Consequences Distinct Foreseeable Happens Individuals Left Other Victims

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There is a danger to judicial independence when people have no understanding of how the judiciary fits into the constitutional scheme.

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Topics: Constitutional Danger Fits How Independence Judicial Judiciary People Scheme Understanding

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The Constitution has a good share of deliberately open-ended guarantees, like rights to due process of law, equal protection of the law, and freedom from unreasonable searches.

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Topics: Constitution Deliberately Due Equal Equal Protection Freedom Freedom From Good Guarantees Law Like Open-Ended Process Protection Rights Searches Share Unreasonable

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For those whose exclusive norm of constitutional judging is merely fair reading of language applied to facts objectively viewed, 'Brown' must either be flat-out wrong or a very mystifying decision.

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Topics: Applied Brown Constitutional Decision Either Exclusive Facts Fair Judging Language Merely Must Norm Objectively Reading Those Very Viewed Whose Wrong

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In a perfect world, I would never give another speech, address, talk, lecture or whatever as long as I live.

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Topics: Address Another Give Lecture Live Long Never Perfect Perfect World Speech Talk Whatever World Would

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I retired when the Supreme Court rose for the summer recess in 2009, and a couple of weeks later I drove north from Washington with no regrets about the prior 19 years or about the decision to try living a more normal life for whatever time might remain.

~David Souter

Topics: About Couple Court Decision Drove Later Life Living Might More No Regrets Normal Normal Life North Prior Recess Regrets Remain Retired Rose Summer Supreme Supreme Court Time Try Washington Weeks Whatever Years

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Judge

Born: September 17th, 1939

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