Editing David Souter (section)

== Personal life ==
Once named by ''[[The Washington Post]]'' as one of ''Washington's 10 Most Eligible Bachelors'',<ref name="biography" /> Souter never married, though he was once engaged.<ref name="npr_20090430"/> He was an [[Anglicanism|Episcopalian]].<ref>{{cite web |title=David Souter Fast Facts |url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/26/us/david-souter-fast-facts/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=October 22, 2023 |language=en |date=July 26, 2013}}</ref>

Souter was elected to the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 1994,<ref>{{Cite web|title=APS Member History|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=David+Souter&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced|access-date=February 10, 2022|website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref> and the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|title=David Souter|url=https://www.amacad.org/person/david-souter|access-date=February 10, 2022|website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences|language=en}}</ref>

In 2004, Souter was [[mugged]] while jogging between his home and the [[Fort Lesley J. McNair]] Army Base in Washington, D.C.. He suffered minor injuries from the event, visiting the [[MedStar Washington Hospital Center]] for treatment.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/02/us/justice-souter-is-attacked-while-jogging.html|title=Justice Souter Is Attacked While Jogging|date=May 2, 2004|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=December 9, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=August 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824021227/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/02/us/justice-souter-is-attacked-while-jogging.html|url-status=live}}</ref> News of the attack led to public scrutiny of the [[Supreme Court of the United States Police Department|Supreme Court Police]]'s security detail, which was not present at the time.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Blackmun, Harry A. (1908-1999), Supreme Court justice|last=Yarbrough|first=Tinsley E.|date=January 2001|publisher=Oxford University Press|series=American National Biography Online|doi = 10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1101205}}</ref>

According to [[Jeffrey Toobin]]'s 2007 book ''The Nine'', Souter had a decidedly low-tech lifestyle: He wrote with a [[fountain pen]], did not use email, and had no cellphone or answering machine. While serving on the Supreme Court, he preferred to drive to New Hampshire for the summer, where he enjoyed [[mountain climbing]].<ref name="biography" /> Souter also performed his own home repairs<ref name="NYT">[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/04/us/04souter.html A No-Frills Embrace for a Low-Key Justice] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403195925/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/04/us/04souter.html |date=April 3, 2016 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 3, 2009</ref> and was known for his daily lunch of an apple and unflavored yogurt.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/node/13611101|title=Following Souter|date=May 7, 2009|newspaper=The Economist|access-date=March 13, 2017|issn=0013-0613|archive-date=July 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731045016/http://www.economist.com/node/13611101|url-status=live}}</ref>

Former Supreme Court correspondent [[Linda Greenhouse]] wrote of Souter that "to focus on his eccentricities—his daily lunch of yogurt and an apple, core and all; the absence of a computer in his personal office—is to miss the essence of a man who in fact is perfectly suited to his job, just not to its trappings. His polite but persistent questioning of lawyers who appear before the court displays his meticulous preparation and his mastery of the case at hand and the cases relevant to it. Far from being out of touch with the modern world, he has simply refused to surrender to it control over aspects of his own life that give him deep contentment: hiking, sailing, time with old friends, reading history."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/weekinreview/03greenhouse.html|title=David H. Souter: Justice Unbound|last=Greenhouse|first=Linda|date=May 2, 2009|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=March 13, 2017|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=June 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626230006/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/weekinreview/03greenhouse.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In early August 2009, Souter moved from his family farmhouse in [[Weare, New Hampshire|Weare]] to a [[Cape Cod (house)|Cape Cod-style]] single-story house in nearby [[Hopkinton, New Hampshire]], a town in [[Merrimack County, New Hampshire|Merrimack County]] northeast of Weare and immediately west of the state capital of [[Concord, New Hampshire|Concord]]. Souter told a disappointed Weare neighbor that the two-story family farmhouse was not structurally sound enough to support the thousands of books he owned and that he wished to live on one level.<ref name="nyt 20090803">[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/us/04souter.html Off the Bench, Souter Leaves Farmhouse Behind] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124022703/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/us/04souter.html |date=November 24, 2015 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 3, 2009</ref>

Over the years, Souter served on hospital boards and civic committees.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/24/us/man-in-the-news-an-intellectual-mind-david-hackett-souter.html |title=An 'Intellectual Mind': David Hackett Souter |author=Linda Greenhouse |work=The New York Times |date=July 24, 1990 |access-date=March 7, 2011 |archive-date=November 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112154658/http://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/24/us/man-in-the-news-an-intellectual-mind-david-hackett-souter.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/05/20/whats-in-souters-future-civics-for-starters/ |title=What's in Souter's Future? Civics, for Starters |author=Ashby Jones |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=May 20, 2009 |access-date=March 7, 2011 |archive-date=January 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118111118/http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/05/20/whats-in-souters-future-civics-for-starters/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He was an honorary co-chair of the [[We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution|We the People]] National Advisory Committee.<ref>[http://www.civiced.org/index.php?page=national_advisory_committee National Advisory Committee] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090316055838/http://www.civiced.org/index.php?page=national_advisory_committee |date=March 16, 2009 }}<!-- accessed 2009-05-10 --></ref>

=== Death ===
Souter died in his home on May 8, 2025, aged 85.<ref name=NYTobit/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fritze |first=John |date=May 9, 2025 |title=Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter dies at 85 {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/09/politics/souter-supreme-court-dies |access-date=May 9, 2025 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> Chief Justice [[John Roberts]] said after his death, "Justice David Souter served our Court with great distinction for nearly twenty years. He brought uncommon wisdom and kindness to a lifetime of public service. After retiring to his beloved New Hampshire in 2009, he continued to render significant service to our branch by sitting regularly on the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit for more than a decade. He will be greatly missed."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Press Releases - pr_05-09-25 - Supreme Court of the United States |url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/press/pressreleases/pr_05-09-25 |access-date=May 9, 2025 |website=supremecourt.gov}}</ref>