Book says Souter mulled resignation after Bush v. Gore
According to Jeffrey Toobin’s new book on the Supreme Court, Justice David Souter nearly resigned in the wake of Bush v. Gore, so distraught was he over the decision that effectively ended the Florida recount and installed George W. Bush as president.
In “The Nine,” which goes on sale Sept. 18, Toobin writes that while the other justices tried to put the case behind them, “David Souter alone was shattered,” at times weeping when he thought of the case. “For many months, it was not at all clear whether he would remain as a justice,” Toobin continues. “That the Court met in a city he loathed made the decision even harder. At the urging of a handful of close friends, he decided to stay on, but his attitude toward the Court was never the same.”
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Bush hasn't been my president from "hello". I guess Bush wasn't Souter's president, either.
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Joe,
I listened to David Souter's confirmation hearings on KPFA Radio in Berkeley. The covered it gavel to gavel. I came away feeling very impressed with him altogether. His credentials definitely but also simply the human decency of the man. He just seemed so eminently sane.
Not surprising to hear he was highly disturbed by the decision to install George W. Bush by ending the Florida recount.
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