David H. Souter & First Amendment Newsletter
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Conservative Supreme Court justices should listen to their mentors
20 Mar 2024 19:42 GMT
… by Republicans: Justices Sandra Day O’Connor, David H. Souter, and Anthony … dementia. But the other two justices, like Breyer, are retired … would try to avoid,” Souter told the graduates, “but … with one another: the First Amendment’s protection of the press …
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A College Free Speech Crisis: The Supreme Court’s Big Hand in the Campus Free Speech Chaos
24 Jan 2024 12:58 GMT
… few years. Sadly, the Supreme Court is largely to blame. … However, it was the Supreme Court’s decision in the 2006 … as citizens, had no First Amendment protections.
Justice David Souter, writing in dissent, … since passed for the Supreme Court to end the current …
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Sandra Day O’Connor’s role in landmark Supreme Court cases
14 Dec 2023 17:59 GMT
… Court, including decisions about the First Amendment, the Fifth Amendment, affirmative action … in courthouses and public schools. Justice David Souter wrote the 5-4 majority … observer,” she wrote.
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What Sandra Day O’Connor Could Teach Today’s Supreme Court
01 Dec 2023 23:37 GMT
… proper role of the Supreme Court as a nonpartisan arbiter … lacking in today’s Supreme Court. These values were embodied … along with Justices Anthony Kennedy and David Souter in Planned … disestablishing” that part of the First Amendment — making it, in effect …
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Supreme Court avoided disaster when a chunk of marble fell in a courtyard used by justices
17 Oct 2023 22:33 GMT
… Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer
- Justices who dissented … Alito
- Justices who dissented: John P. Stevens, David Souter, Ruth Bader … First Amendment rights to free speech and the free practice of religion. The Supreme Court …
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From bananas to baby socks, lawyers stick to routines before Supreme Court arguments
30 Sep 2023 12:33 GMT
… Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer
- Justices who dissented … Alito
- Justices who dissented: John P. Stevens, David Souter, Ruth Bader … First Amendment rights to free speech and the free practice of religion. The Supreme Court …
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How to Treat the Supreme Court’s Camera Phobia
05 Sep 2023 01:37 GMT
… people.”
His former colleague Justice David Souter put it even more strongly … would bring.
The late Justice Antonin Scalia opposed cameras … to cover trials under the First Amendment, the reality of access … want to watch the Supreme Court in action, the access …
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The fading legacy of Sandra Day O’Connor, a trailblazing justice
02 Dec 2023 13:50 GMT
… to serve on America’s Supreme Court. President Ronald Reagan appointed the … ago abandoned” Justice O’Connor’s “ahistorical” understanding of the First Amendment, he … two other Republican appointees: Justices Anthony Kennedy and David Souter. But the demise …
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Two anti-equality decisions show billionaires’ return on Supreme Court investment
01 Jul 2023 05:18 GMT
… ; Fellows of Harvard College, the Supreme Court has us traveling backwards decades … under the First Amendment were improperly "chilled."
As Justice Sonia Sotomayor … Stevens to Lewis Powell to David Souter to Anthony Kennedy – sometimes authored …
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The Urgent Warning That Got Cut From a Supreme Court Opinion 20 Years Ago
30 May 2023 16:18 GMT
… than 20 years ago, then–Supreme Court Justice David Souter tried to warn that big … offered a jurisprudence of the First Amendment that is so different … Valeo, the Supreme Court upheld campaign contribution limits against First Amendment challenge by pointing …