Justice David Souter served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1990 to 2009. A bobblehead of him plays a song by Modest Mouse, a band he referenced in a copyright case.
After a brief stint at a private law firm, Souter became New Hampshire's Assistant Attorney General two years post-law school. He advanced to Attorney General in 1976 and became a state court judge two years later. In 1983, he was appointed to the New Hampshire Supreme Court. President George H.W. Bush then nominated him to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and the Senate confirmed him in April 1990.
Two months later, on July 25, 1990, Bush nominated Souter to the U.S. Supreme Court. Relatively unknown and without a clear stance on controversial issues, he was confirmed by the Senate on October 2 with a 90-9 vote and took the judicial oath a week later.
For the next several years after his retirement, Souter sat by designation on First Circuit panels. He also donated his papers to the New Hampshire Historical Society, although they will not be available to the public until 50 years after his death. For the most part, though, he has lived a quiet life in New Hampshire since leaving the Court.