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Former Justice David Souter, a Republican who became a reliably liberal vote on Supreme Court, dies at 85

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Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter died Thursday at his home in New Hampshire .

Souter was a reliably liberal vote on abortion, church-state relations, freedom of expression.

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

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