President Donald Trump will be confronted with an Arab plan for postwar Gaza as he embarks on a high-stakes Middle East swing ...

The late justice was picked to be a reliable conservative vote on the court. But he drifted left—and the right has never ...

Americans lambasted President George H. W. Bush for infamously vowing on stage at the 1988 Republican National Convention not to raise taxes on Americans, then supporting a tax hike as president two ...

The distinguished historian David Herbert Donald once tried to prompt John F. Kennedy to evaluate the performances of his predecessors. “No one has a right to grade a president — not even poor James ...

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

It may not be just the law that stops President Donald Trump from attempting a third-term run. History shows that voters grow ...

Modest and introverted, David Hackett Souter was a rare bird in the aerie of Washington power. He gave few speeches, attended fewer parties and had no use for the perks of his position on the highest ...

Former Justice David Souter, who was appointed to the Supreme Court by President George H.W. Bush in 1990 but surprised ...

An intensely private man, former Supreme Court Justice David Souter often sided with liberals despite being nominated by a ...

Daughter Dorothy “Doro” Bush Koch said “it’s unlikely that mom ever pictured herself on the postage stamp, and it’s very ...

An intensely private man, former Supreme Court Justice David Souter often sided with liberals despite being nominated by a ...

On the high court from 1990 to 2009, he saw his role as one of quiet resistance against excess and dramatic change.