More than any decision he authored, the justice’s legacy was how he surprised legal conservatives, galvanizing a movement to ...

It did not take conservatives long to regret Souter’s nomination. After less than two years on the bench, he helped orchestrate a significant opinion that upheld the central tenet of Roe v.

Justice David H. Souter, who died last week, said in 2012 that public ignorance of the Constitution could lead to the rise of ...