David Souter - Obama Presidency Oral History Back David Souter Index / People Transcripts David Axelrod ...reports surfaced that Supreme Court Justice David Souter planned to retire—leaving the presiden... Gregory Craig ...time? Early on, I got notice from Justice Souter that he was going to be retiring befor... ...of his successor. I think we asked Justice Souter to delay it so that we could get a... ...think we knew in February or March that Justice Souter was going to leave at the end of th... ...is where we were focusing. How does Justice Souter notify you that he's going to retire? ... ...and I talked with him. I actually knew David Souter from years past, and it was clear tha... ...from years past, and it was clear that David Souter 's idea was to notify me that this wa... ...Committee, really. So at some point, Justice Souter 's announcement is— It was in June, ... ...leaked—there was a bit of a flap after Justice Souter 's announcement that he was leaving... Show more... Stephanie Cutter ...on both sides there. In May of 2009 Justice Souter announces that he is going to retire... Stephanie Valencia ...Cinco de Mayo party at the White House. Justice Souter announced his retirement. And I wa... ...Office Building when word leaked that Justice Souter was going to retire from the Suprem... Danielle Gray ...remembering the timing right, I think Justice Souter retired pretty early on in 2009, s... Elizabeth Brown ...reports surfaced that Supreme Court Justice David Souter planned to retire, leaving th... ...process to select a nominee to replace Justice Souter ? I did not. Not surprisingly it wa... Pete Rouse ...deliberated on the nominee to replace Justice David Souter , how important was it, in you... Jim Messina ...reports surfaced that Supreme Court Justice David Souter planned to retire leaving the presiden... Ronald Klain ...surfaced that Supreme Court justice David Souter planned to retire, leaving th... Related Topics go to the Middle East and North Africa Middle East and North Africa go to the LGBTQ Policy LGBTQ Policy go to the Human Rights Human Rights go to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Nuclear Nonproliferation go to the East Wing East Wing