S. HRG. 101-1263

NOMINATION OF DAVID H. SOUTER

TO BE ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE

ONE HUNDRED FIRST CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

THE NOMINATION OF DAVID H. SOUTER TO BE ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF
THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 13, 14, 17, 18, AND 19, 1990

Serial No. J-101-95

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COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., Delaware, Chairman

RONALD A. KLAIN, Chief Counsel

DIANA HUFFMAN, Staff Director
JEFFREY J. PECK, General Counsel

TERRY L. WOOTEN, Minority Chief Counsel and Staff Director

Humphrey, Hon. Gordon J., U.S. Senator from the State of New Hampshire....
Rudman, Hon. Warren B., Ú.S. Senator from the State of New Hampshire.......
Opening Statements of Committee Members

Nominee

Souter, David H., U.S. Circuit Court Judge for the First Circuit, to be Associ-

ate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States: