Souter, the ascetic bachelor and New Hampshire Republican who became a darling of liberals during his nearly 20 years on the ...

He retired from the court in June 2009, giving President Barack Obama his first Supreme Court vacancy to fill.

Souter, a New Hampshire resident and Massachusetts-born former justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, has died.

A spokesperson for the Office of Barack and Michelle Obama said via email that it did not issue the statement the Dunning-Kruger Times cited.