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Also Known As David H. Souter
Born September 17, 1939 (age 85) • Massachusetts
Title / Office supreme court (1990-2009), United States • Supreme Court of the United States (1990-2009), United States • supreme court (1983-1990), New Hampshire • attorney general (1976-1978), New Hampshire
Role In Agostini v. Felton • Arlington Central School District Board of Education v. Murphy • Boumediene v. Bush • Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Group of Boston, Inc. • Smith v. City of Jackson, Mississippi • Faragher v. City of Boca Raton • Lawrence v. Texas
Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Anthony Kennedy
Anthony Kennedy
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Antonin Scalia
Antonin Scalia
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Stephen Breyer
Stephen Breyer
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Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O’Connor
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John Paul Stevens
John Paul Stevens
United States jurist
William Rehnquist
William Rehnquist
chief justice of United States
John G. Roberts, Jr.
John G. Roberts, Jr.
United States jurist
Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
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John Jay
John Jay
United States statesman and chief justice
Elena Kagan, 2012.
Elena Kagan
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Edward Douglass White
Edward Douglass White
chief justice of United States
Byron R. White
Byron R. White
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William Paterson
William Paterson
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Robert Treat Paine
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John Connally
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Montgomery Blair
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Marshall, John
John Marshall
chief justice of United States
Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson
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