WASHINGTON and#8212; It took Justice David Souter's final day at the Supreme Court to bring him into the limelight after nearly two decades in Washington.
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It took David Souter's final day at the Supreme Court to bring him into the limelight.
It took Justice David Souter's final day at the U.S. Supreme Court to bring him into the limelight after nearly two decades in Washington.
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Every year, Boulder Weekly likes to celebrate the Fourth of July by taking a look at an issue that’s important to all of us as Americans. In 2007, we asked the question, “What would the Founders think of George Bush’s America?” Last year, we asked people what patriotism meant to them.
WASHINGTON -- It took Justice David Souter's final day at the Supreme Court to bring him into the limelight after nearly two decades in Washington.
WASHINGTON -- When John G. Roberts Jr. took over as chief justice at the Supreme Court four years ago, he sounded the same theme as did President Barack Obama more recently.
As the justices read out their opinions yesterday on the final day of the Supreme Court session, the robed ones went about their usual routines: Stephen Breyer and Samuel Alito sipped from their coffee cups, John Roberts caught up on his reading, Antonin Scalia rubbed his eyes and Clarence Thomas rocked in his chair and massaged his forehead.