On May 1, 2009, Associate Supreme Court Justice David Souter announced his intent to retire when the Court's session concludes later this year. Justice Souter was nominated to the Supreme Court by President George H. W. Bush in 1990, and the Senate confirmed his nomination by a vote of 90-9.
Before his confirmation to the high Court, Souter was a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire, and the Attorney General of New Hampshire.
Justice Souter is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School.
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