David Hackett Souter

"When the first President Bush chose David Hackett Souter for the Supreme Court in 1990, Souter - the slender New Englander with the shy demeanor and ambiguous past - was quickly dubbed a "stealth candidate." Determined to avoid a repeat of the firestorm surrounding President Reagan's nomination of the controversial Robert Bork, Bush opted for Souter, who had, remarkably, produced only one law review article in his legal career. Souter, an obscure but well-respected New Hampshire conservative, seemed unlikely to arouse the kind of passionate opposition that defined the Bork confirmation…