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David Souter, former US Supreme Court justice, dies aged 85 

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      Kevin Newsom
      He left one of the most powerful positions in the world at the top of his game — simply because he thought there was more to life than being a justice on the United States Supreme Court,
      The New York Times
      Judge Newsom said
    • 88:88
      Jesse M. Furman
      Those of us who had the privilege to spend a year with him came away better human beings for it, ... and those of us who went on to become judges ourselves are certainly better judges for it.”
      The New York Times
      Judge Furman said
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      He worked on weekends and late into the night, striving always to ensure that, to the best of his ability, he got things right,
      The New York Times
      Justice Rubin said
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      There was this misconception of him as a recluse, ... but he was extremely gregarious, had a sharp sense of humor, loved his friends and colleagues. But he did not care for Washington and its trappings.”
      The New York Times
      Professor Spiro said
    • 88:88
      Heather K. Gerken
      Justice Souter was the Supreme Court’s greatest common-law judge,
      The New York Times
      said Heather Gerken, dean of Yale Law School and one of the justice’s many and fiercely loyal former law clerks
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      He was so old-school that it almost seemed like he never really caught up to electricity,
      The New York Times
      Professor Spiro said
    • 88:88
      David Souter
      I will not sit with you at our bench after the court rises for the summer this time, ... but neither will I retire from our friendship, which has held us together despite the pull of the most passionate dissent. It has made the work lighter through all my tenure here, and for as long as I live, I will be thankful for it, and be under a very grateful obligation to each one of you.”
      The New York Times
      Justice Souter said
    • 88:88
      We understand your desire to trade white marble for White Mountains,
      The New York Times
      the justices wrote in a joint letter when he retired
    • 88:88
      I am not through regretting,
      The New York Times
      he wrote,
    • 88:88
      He was old-school in the best possible way — respectful, engaged, unpretentious,
      The New York Times
      said Peter J. Spiro, a law professor at Temple University who was among the justice’s first law clerks
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      The day you see a camera come into our courtroom, ... it’s going to roll over my dead body.”
      The New York Times
      he said
    • 88:88
      I find the workload of what I do sufficiently great, ... that when the term of court starts I undergo a sort of annual intellectual lobotomy.”
      The New York Times
      he said
    • 88:88
      His position will make him handsome to a lot of people,
      Hindustan Times
      The Post highlighted his appeal not for conventional charm but for the power and prestige of his new role, noting ... as quoted by Washington hostess Buffy Cafritz
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      John Roberts
      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,
      CNBC
      Chief Justice John Roberts said in a statement on Friday
    • 88:88
      John Roberts
      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,
      CNBC
      Roberts said
    • 88:88
      Mark Tushnet
      Everyone who knew him knew that he was a sophisticated, well-read, and urbane man, hardly a hayseed from New Hampshire,
      The New York Times
      Professor Tushnet said, as he had some reason to know; his daughter, Rebecca, spent a year as one of the justice’s law clerks
    • 88:88
      Jeffrey Toobin
      There were times when David Souter thought of Bush v. Gore and wept,
      The New York Times
      Mr. Toobin wrote
    • 88:88
      History, ... provides an antidote to cynicism about the past.”
      The New York Times
      he once explained
    • 88:88
      Judge Souter, how does it feel to be plucked from obscurity?”
      The New York Times
      one reporter shouted across a senator’s outer office
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      David Souter
      Courts must accept their own responsibility for making a just society,
      The New York Times
      Justice Souter replied, to the senator’s evident consternation