David Souter: Supreme Court Nomination Hearings from PBS NewsHour and EMK Institute
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As the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan get underway, the Edward M. Kennedy Institute is partnering with the PBS NewsHour to provide video highlights of the nine most recent Senate confirmation hearings.
Ted Kennedy did vote against Souter, but after the big surprise, he regret that decision.
Yeah he became one of the more liberal justices on the court.
I have always had a great deal of admiration for Justice Souter, and his sharp wit and New England bites are definitely expressed in this hearing. He certainly gave Sen. Specter a good read @5:15!
Justice David Souter was one of the finest justices to ever sit on the Supreme Court, and also a very kind and decent man. His appointment to the high court was the best "mistake" that George HW Bush ever made. : )
GeorgiaKev I definitely agree with you.
That on read my lips no new taxes.
No, Souter was horrible plain and simple.
@@davidaulds7031 that’s your shitty opinion
@@blib6205 Souter was a weak PUSSY of a " man ". He allowed the Liberals on the court to dictate his every decision. Facts are facts!
Surprised how substantive the questions were and how substantive the answers were. It is not going to happen now.
why is it that ideologs cannot understand that a person can honestly have differing opinions and sill be uprightand and true to their beliefs. he had principals and honor. he was to g.h.w. but was what brennan and warren was to eisenhower they were not as conservative asthe president who appointed them had hoped. he should hav stayed on the court longer, but i feel he must have had pressure from the more consevatives on the court to vote their way.
You could add “or what Harlan Fisk Stone was to Coolidge”, although there would have been no confirmation difficulties in 1925 with someone as conservative as Pierce Butler or Willis van Devanter, whereas 1953, 1956, 1975 and 1990 were very different. I discuss the question of a possibly completely overturned New Deal if Coolidge had picked someone more conservative at www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/if-a-conservative-was-nominated-instead-of-harlan-stone-and-edward-sanford-did-not-die-suddenly-does-the-new-deal-get-completely-derailed.499158/.
Souter actually had wanted to leave the bench at a much earlier date than 2009, to return to his New Hampshire home. He did not want to see an ideological conservative like Alito, J. Michael Luttig, Diane Sykes, Janice Rogers Brown, Edith Jones a decade and a half late, or Brett Kavanaugh a decade early as his replacement.
I like the look on his face when Senator Humphrey is asking him the "abortion question". Even before he mentions abortion and he's saying, "You were a member of the board of trustees..." Judge Souter has that look on his face like "oh damn, here it comes!"
he really was a surprise to daddy BUSH. assumed to be a conservative, yet he sided with the liberals 75% of the time. what a ray of sunshine.
I'm sure you can point out where he was wrong.
seabrook1976 nope...not interested in a case by case vote from him. it was a general statement.
How do you like how Kennedy has screwed you guys over since Roberts took over? SUCK IT!
More like 90%
You mean President Bush? What’s wrong with a little dignity and respect?
I admire him, wish we had the likes of him on the Supreme Court now.
Souter really backfired on daddy Bush
You mean President Bush? Show some class.
@@justinscott4503 daddy Bush is literally one of his nicknames
@@justinscott4503 its to denote which Bush we r talking about
@@johndanielson3777 It was Poppy.
@@colbalt95 George HW Bush would suffice
'Answer the question without rephrasing the question, never play games with words,
show some heart and never forget that the senate hearing room is really a t.v. studio.'
Thankyou for sharing this video on youtube.
@GeorgiaKev He certainly is a decent man...interesting to hear that he is not at all part of the washington social scene, and still has his New Hampshire values
@Willredd94 He and Tom Harkin have both been in the Senate from Iowa since the 1980's, and they keep doing a good job. Seems interesting because Grassley is pretty conservative and Harkin is pretty liberal, but they kind of represent the overall political environment in the state.
I wish Mudd didnt retire
Gave some jacked up answers on judicial activism, de facto declaration of war in Korea... Of course everyone knows the shedding of innocent blood, viz, infanticide is an unpardonable sin!
@kkhwt
Well said.