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   Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a Republican who became a   
   liberal favorite, dies at 85   
      
   By  MARK SHERMAN   
   Updated 10:51 AM CDT, May 9, 2025   
      
   WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, the   
   ascetic bachelor and New Hampshire Republican who became a favorite of   
   liberals during his nearly 20 years on the bench, has died. He was 85.   
      
   Souter died Thursday at his home in New Hampshire, the court said in a   
   statement Friday.   
      
   He retired from the court in June 2009, giving President Barack Obama   
   his first Supreme Court vacancy to fill. Obama, a Democrat, chose   
   Sonia Sotomayor, the court’s first Latina justice.   
      
   Souter was appointed by Republican President George H.W. Bush in 1990.   
   He was a reliably liberal vote on abortion, church-state relations,   
   freedom of expression and the accessibility of federal courts. Souter   
   also dissented from the decision in Bush v. Gore in 2000, which   
   effectively handed the presidency to George W. Bush, the son of the   
   man who put him on the high court.   
      
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