US SUPREME COURT JUSTICE DAVID SOUTER TO RETIRE

(FILES): This July 23, 1990 file photo shows then US President George Bush (R) announcing his nomination, New Hampshire appellate judge David Souter (L), for the Supreme Court, at the White House in Washington, DC. US Supreme Court Justice David Souter, 69, is planning to retire at the end of the court’s current term, US media reported April 30, 2009, giving US President Barack Obama an early opportunity to name a judge to the highest US court. AFP PHOTO / Files / Jerome DELAY (Photo credit should read JEROME DELAY/AFP/Getty Images)