Today the Supreme Court announced that Justice David H. Souter passed away at his home in New Hampshire. I expect there will be many remembrances of the Justice. But today does mark something of a countdown.
In 2015, Justice Souter told my colleague Gerard Magliocca that his papers would become available fifty years after his death:
"I have given such papers as I've retained to the New Hampshire Historical Society, to be opened for inspection after the 50th anniversary of my death. By that time, they will be of interest only to the historians taking the long view."
