at the white house this day, it’s becoming increasingly apparent that that story is obama’s nomination of federal appeals judge sonia sotomayor to succeed david souter on the supreme court.
in 2005 mr souter sparked another controversy by voting to allow the government to seize people’s homes and hand the land to private developers.
2005年苏特引发了另一场争议,他投票支持一项允许政府没收居民住房并将土地交给私有开发商的法案。
mr bush had been assured that mr souter was a staunch conservative; he proved to be anything but.
老布什当时得到保证说苏特是个不折不扣的保守派;但事实证明他除了保守派什么都是。
the replacement of justice souter is not likely to radically change the ideological composition of the court.
任何人选来接替苏特大法官都不大可能会给改变最高法院的意识形态。
but mr souter does not entirely fit the liberal stereotype.
但是苏特法官并不完全符合典型自由主义者的形象。
souter was considered a moderate who often sided with the more liberal justices.
苏特被认为是一个温和派法官,他通常支持那些意见更加倾向自由派的法官。
in the past year, in cases that were not decided unanimously, mr souter has voted 86% of the time with ruth bader ginsburg, the supreme court’s liberal lioness.