David Hackett Souter

Sifting through Souter's opinions, papers of the Justice's contemporaries and other relevant records and interviews, biographer Tinsley Yarbrough here gives us a fascinating account of one of the more elusive Justices in the history of the Court. Yarbrough shows how Souter has a flexible, evolving, and highly pragmatic judicial style that displays a high regard for precedent--even for liberal decisions with which he may have personally disagreed. Ultimately, Yarbrough contends, Souter...
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Sifting through Souter's opinions, papers of the Justice's contemporaries and other relevant records and interviews, biographer Tinsley Yarbrough here gives us a fascinating account of one of the more elusive Justices in the history of the Court. Yarbrough shows how Souter has a flexible, evolving, and highly pragmatic judicial style that displays a high regard for precedent--even for liberal decisions with which he may have personally disagreed. Ultimately, Yarbrough contends, Souter has become the principal Rehnquist Court opponent of the originalist, text-bound jurisprudence that many of the more conservative Justices champion.