Souter’s Exit to Give Obama First Opening

June 5, 2009

Justice David H. Souter plans to retire at the end of the term in June, giving President Obama his first appointment to the Supreme Court, and has written to the president to tell him so, senior Democrats said on Friday.

They said the letter was on its way to the White House, and one Democrat said it was likely to be released by the White House as soon as Friday afternoon.

Justice Souter, who was appointed in 1990 by a Republican president, the first George Bush, but became one of the most reliable members of the court’s liberal wing, has grown increasingly sour on Washington and intends to return to his home state, New Hampshire, according to the people briefed on his plans. One official said the decision might be announced as early as Friday.

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