DAVID SOUTER
“History provides an antidote to cynicism about the past.”
Associate Justice
1990 — 2009
Appointed by: George H.W. Bush
Sworn in: December 19, 1975
Preceded by: William Brennan Jr.
Succeeded by: Sonia Sotomayor
Credit: Greg Gibson/AP
Time on the Court
What the Court looked like when Justice Souter served.
1990
2000
2009
Chief Justice Rehnquist
Justice Thomas
1990 — 2009
Justice Souter
1981 — 2005
Justice Stevens
1986 — 2016
1991 — Present
Justice O’Connor
1975 — 2010
1994 — 2022
1986 — 2005
Justice Scalia
1988 — 2009
Justice Kennedy
1993 — 2020
1962 — 1993
1970 — 1993
Justice White
Justice Blackmun
Justice Ginsburg
Justice Breyer
2005 — Present
Chief Justice Roberts
2005 — Present
Justice Alito
1994
2005
