Bush 41 had no idea Souter was a liberal. Old man Sununu should have known better, but Sununu & 41 were lazy; I’ll give you that. I’m not trying to cover for Old man Sununu cause he was a PIA back in the day, the guy had a huge ego, but Rudman played him. Souter was CJ of the NHSC. There was every indication that Souter was a conservative. Years after the fact Rudman laughed about how he tricked 41 & Sununu & put Souter on the court. I was working for the republican party at this time in the northeast & I was around all these players. Sununu should get a kick in the ass for this situation, but I hate that Rudman often gets off without any blame when it was him who set this mess up.
Thanks for the inside picture. It goes to show we should always demand judicial nominees have a long and consistent history if we are to truly validate their philosophy.