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...Since he was appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1990 to replace Justice William Brennan, Souter, to the disappointment of conservatives, has proven to be a reliable liberal vote on the court. In 1992, he voted to uphold Roe v. Wade in Planned Parenthood v. Casey and ruled against prayer in schools in Lee v. Weisman. In 2000, he was among the four justices to side with former Vice President Al Gore ’69 in Bush v. Gore. Although his departure is unlikely to upset the court’s ideological status quo?...
...recognizing about two dozen outstanding seniors, but asked the audience to only acknowledge these students’ achievements in spirit because fewer monetary awards would be distributed than in previous years. The event also featured speeches from three graduating seniors: Grant M. Damon ’09, Nene V. Igietseme ’09, and Shane P. Donovan ’09. While Damon’s talk focused on thanking PBHA for its effect on his life, Igietseme and Donovan both made statements that were more politically tinged. Igietseme discussed the notion of radicalism, encouraging the audience to embrace...
...release two weeks longer than any other film in the top 10, lost more theaters this weekend, yet suffered the lowest drop in attendance of all the holdovers. Even the Supreme Court, with or without David Souter, would be unanimous in finding for DreamWorks in the case of Monsters v. Aliens v. Every Other Movie That Came Out Early This Year...
...That same year, in Lee v. Weisman, Souter joined the 5-4 majority that disallowed a prayer at a public high school graduation. And as the '90s wore on and Bill Clinton's court nominees Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer came on board, Souter was increasingly inclined to join with them and John Paul Stevens to form the court's liberal wing...
...Souter was one of the four dissenters in Bush v. Gore, the case that allowed Florida to shut down the recount in that year's presidential election. Three years later he joined the six-vote majority that struck down laws forbidding gay sex. Two years after that he upheld the right of government to seize private property to encourage economic development...