The judiciary as a connected web

Roam from David Hackett Souter to the people and institutions around them.

Click any node to recenter — to the president who appointed them, the seat they filled, the school they share with classmates on the bench, or the justice they preceded.

APPOINTED BYPRECEDED BYSUCCEEDED BYSITS ONSTUDIED ATCLASSMATECLASSMATEBushBrennanSotomayorSCOTUSHarvardKennedyScaliaDavidSouter
D-appointing presidentR-appointing presidentPreceded / succeededCourt · colleaguesLaw school
Every connection
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Succeeded by
Sits on
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Classmate
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Why this matters. No competing free judge site offers a browsable relational graph. Every relationship here — appointment, seat succession, shared school — is a first-class, clickable object. Back to David Hackett Souter’s profile.