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June 29, 1992:  Souter provides the pivotal fifth vote for abortion in [[Planned Parenthood v. Casey]].  This decision has been used to invalidate numerous state laws concerning abortion ever since.

June 29, 1992:  Souter provides the pivotal fifth vote for abortion in [[Planned Parenthood v. Casey]].  This decision has been used to invalidate numerous state laws concerning abortion ever since.

Justice Souter's delays in issuing decisions have continued.  Justice Souter's unremarkable and uncontroversial opinion on a relatively simple issue of the  insanity defense detained the court until June 29, 2006, when the court would otherwise prefer already to be on its summer break, in ''Clark v. Arizona'', 126 S. Ct. 2709 (2006).

Justice Souter's delays in issuing decisions continued.  Justice Souter's unremarkable and uncontroversial opinion on a relatively simple issue of the  insanity defense detained the court until June 29, 2006, when the court would otherwise prefer already to be on its summer break, in ''Clark v. Arizona'', 126 S. Ct. 2709 (2006).

Then no newspaper has referred again to Souter as a "black hole."  But after he announced his retirement, liberal journalists switched back to disrespectful criticism again.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/us/08court.html?_r=1&emc=eta1</ref>

Yet after Justice Souter switched to the liberal side, no (liberal) newspaper referred again to him as a "black hole."  Then, after he announced his retirement in spring 2009, liberal journalists switched back to disrespectful criticism again.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/us/08court.html?_r=1&emc=eta1</ref>

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