Gee, thanks George W. Good to see all of the support conservatives threw your way is being repaid so handsomely. Your dad and David Souter must be looking down and smiling.
Only his dad is currently looking down. Souter is still very much alive and is still doing damage as a retired justice by sitting and hearing cases in lower federal courts.
A gentle reminder: Although Reagan gave us Scalia and Rehnquist, he also gave us O’Connor and Kennedy. G H W Bush gave us Souter, but he also gave us Thomas. G W Bush gave us Roberts, but he also gave us Alito. All three presidents were 50/50 on their decisions. Perhaps some have forgotten how much hatred was directed at GWB’s candidates. But I think some might recall that only a blank slate such as Roberts stood a chance of getting through the entire process.
Should have picked Luttig instead.
Remember, W was a "compassionate conservative." In other words, he wasn't one.