# Justice Souter (retired) has died, age 85 (Breaking News thread, not for political discussion)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-souter-retired-has-died-age-85-breaking-news-thread-not-for-political-discussion/1018155>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Tags:** breaking-news\
**Created:** [May 9, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-souter-retired-has-died-age-85-breaking-news-thread-not-for-political-discussion/1018155 "2025-05-09T14:24:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-souter-retired-has-died-age-85-breaking-news-thread-not-for-political-discussion/1018155/1 "2025-05-09T14:24:10Z")

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NYTimes article. I was able to read it when it came up in Google feed, but probably paywalled.

[https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/us/david-souter-dead.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/us/david-souter-dead.html)

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**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-souter-retired-has-died-age-85-breaking-news-thread-not-for-political-discussion/1018155/2 "2025-05-09T14:25:10Z")

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I posted a gift link in the P&E thread I just started. Would you like me to label this thread as ‘breaking news’?

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-souter-retired-has-died-age-85-breaking-news-thread-not-for-political-discussion/1018155/3 "2025-05-09T14:25:41Z")

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Sure. Missed that.

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**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-souter-retired-has-died-age-85-breaking-news-thread-not-for-political-discussion/1018155/4 "2025-05-09T14:26:29Z")

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No worries. We can have two threads for two different purposes in different forums. But if posters wish to discuss the political ramifications of his death, they should do so in P&E.

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-souter-retired-has-died-age-85-breaking-news-thread-not-for-political-discussion/1018155/5 "2025-05-09T18:13:34Z")

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God DAMMIT! One step back from a SCOTUS that I can trust to not accept the America-hating fuckstick’s positions as default “just solution.”

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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-souter-retired-has-died-age-85-breaking-news-thread-not-for-political-discussion/1018155/6 "2025-05-11T16:44:19Z")

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Moderating:

> [@kaylasdad99](#):
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> God DAMMIT! One step back from a SCOTUS that I can trust to not accept the America-hating fuckstick’s positions as default “just solution.”

You want the other thread. Also, he retired from the supreme Court in 2009, so his death doesn’t affect its composition.

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-souter-retired-has-died-age-85-breaking-news-thread-not-for-political-discussion/1018155/7 "2025-05-11T16:55:41Z")

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Gotcha.