"I think the case is so strong that I can tell you the day you see a camera come into our courtroom, it's going to roll over my dead body."
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Justices of the Supreme Court of the United StatesEpiscopalians from the United StatesLawyers from the United StatesHarvard University alumniPeople from Boston
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On Cameras in Supreme Court, Souter Says, 'Over My Dead Body', The New York Times, March 30, 1996
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David Souter
David Hackett Souter (September 17, 1939 – May 8, 2025) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He served from October 1990 until his retirement in June 2009. He was appointed by President George H. W. Bush to fill the seat vacated by William J. Brennan, Jr..
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