Tag: judiciary
-
Retired Justice David Souter letter to Randy J. Holland re Magna Carta Book and A Buried Thank You Note
Supreme Court of the United StatesWashington, D. C. 20543 CHAMBERS OFJUSTICE SOUTER(RETIRED) From Concord, NHDecember 22, 2015 You are bent on making me an educated man. And this brings my thanks for the volume of Magna Carta essays with your generous inscription. You sure assembled an impressive stable of writers, starting with yourself, and I…
-
Retired Justice David Souter letter to Randy Holland re naming of the Holland Inn of Court: November 18, 2013
Supreme Court of the United StatesWashington, D. C. 20543 CHAMBERS OFJUSTICE SOUTER(RETIRED) Dear Randy, I’ve just learned of the Randy J. Holland Inn of Court. To your admirers like me the name of the new Inn has a fine ring to it. I know you’re thus well-honored, and I hope you’re otherwise well in every…
-
Justice David Souter letter to Randy Holland re Lewes, Delaware Book: May 7, 2013
Supreme Court of the United StatesWashington, D. C. 20543 CHAMBERS OFJUSTICE SOUTER(RETIRED) May 7, 2013 Dear Randy: You were most kind to send me a copy of the new book. I haven’t had a chance to do more than dip in here and there, but your prose is lovely and the production of the book…
-
Justice David Souter letter to Randy Holland re Time Management October 15, 2008
Supreme Court of the United StatesWashington, D. C. 20543 CHAMBERS OF JUSTICE DAVID H. SOUTER October 15, 2008 Dear Randy: Thanks for your note of the 9th. I hate to turn you down about the appearance after the admissions ceremony next month, but I’m going to ask you to excuse me. I already have one…
-
Endorsement of Virtue and Dignity: Justice David H. Souter’s Letter re Randy Holland Nomination
Supreme Court of the United StatesWashington, D.C. 20543 CHAMBERS OF JUSTICE DAVID H. SOUTER May 30, 2007 Dear Mr. Brady: Thank you for your letter about the nomination of Justice Holland for the Christensen Award. To the extent that any word from me might help in forwarding the nomination, I’m most happy to supply it.…
-
Letter from Justice David H. Souter to Randy Holland: Legal Camaraderie Across Inns of Court
Supreme Court of the United States Washington, D. C. 20543 CHAMBERS OF JUSTICE DAVID H. SOUTER April 25, 2007 Dear Randy: As an Honorary Bencher of Gray’s Inn, I view Middle Temple lawyers with some caution, but your letter makes out a case for tolerance. Thanks very much for the copy of your book, (with…
-
Letter from Justice David H. Souter to Randy Holland: The Jogging Jurist
Supreme Court of the United StatesWashington, D. C. 20543 CHAMBERS OF JUSTICE DAVID H. SOUTER June 29, 2004 Dear Randy: You know what May and June are like at this particular address, and I will depend on you to understand why I’ve been so long in saying thanks for your awfully nice card of early…
-
Justice David Souter letter to Randy Holland: Polite Declination for a Brown Commemoration Speech – January 8, 2004
CHAMBERS OFJUSTICE DAVID H. SOUTERSupreme Court of the United States Washington, D. C. 20543January 8, 2004 Dear Randy: I have been remiss in not responding to your November letter about Judge Ambro’s invitation. Owing to our precautionary delays in mail delivery, your note didn’t come until we were geared up for the December arguments. I’m…
-
Justice David Souter letter to Randy Holland re Delaware Constitution book: January 22, 2003
Supreme Court of the United States Washington, D. C. 20543 CHAMBERS OF JUSTICE DAVID H. SOUTER January 22, 2003 Dear Randy: Many thanks for your kindness in sending me your book on the Delaware constitution and for the inscription to me. Although I’m in no position to appreciate the details of your scholarship, I think…
-
Justice David Souter letter to Randy Holland re social minimalism: September 24, 2002
Supreme Court of the United StatesWashington, D. C. 20543 CHAMBERS OF JUSTICE DAVID H. SOUTER September 24, 2002 Dear Randy: Thanks for your note of August 23rd with its invitation to the dinner on October 19th. You were kind to invite me, but being the social minimalist that I am I will ask to be…