Members of the U.S. Supreme Court including Chief Justice John Roberts (L), Justice Anthony Kennedy, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (C), Justice David Souter and Justice Sonia Sotomayor (R) await U.S. President Barack Obama's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in Washington, January 12, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) leans toward U.S. Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor (R), the nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, into the East Room of the White House in Washington, May 26, 2009. Obama nominated Appeals Judge Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, selecting a woman who would be the court's first Latino to replace retiring Justice David Souter. Obama's choice of the liberal Sotomayor, a 54-year-old judge on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York, was unlikely to change the ideological balance of the high court because Souter, 69, was part of the panel's liberal wing. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES POLITICS CRIME LAW) 

U.S. President Barack Obama (c) and Vice President Joseph Biden (L) walks with his choice of U.S. Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor (R) as the nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter into the East Room of the White House in Washington, May 26, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES POLITICS CRIME LAW) 

U.S. President Barack Obama (C) and Vice President Joseph Biden (L) walks with his choice of U.S. Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor (R) as the nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter into the East Room of the White House in Washington, May 26, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES POLITICS CRIME LAW) 

U.S. President Barack Obama arrives with Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor (R) his choice as the nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter at the announcement ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, May 26, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES CRIME LAW POLITICS) 

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to Judge Sonia Sotomayor (R) after announcing her as his choice to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter in the East Room of the White House in Washington, May 26, 2009. Obama nominated Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, selecting a woman who would be the court's first Latino. Obama's choice of the liberal Sotomayor, a 54-year-old judge on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York, was unlikely to change the ideological balance of the high court because Souter, 69, was part of the panel's liberal wing. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES CRIME LAW POLITICS) 

U.S. President Barack Obama announces his choice of U.S. Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor (R) as the nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter while in the East Room of the White House in Washington, May 26, 2009. Vice President Joe Biden (L) is pictured on the left. Obama nominated Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, selecting a woman who would be the court's first Latino. Obama's choice of the liberal Sotomayor, a 54-year-old judge on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York, was unlikely to change the ideological balance of the high court because Souter, 69, was part of the panel's liberal wing. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES CRIME LAW POLITICS) 

U.S. President Barack Obama arrives with Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor (R) his choice as the nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter at the announcement ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, May 26, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES CRIME LAW POLITICS) 

U.S. Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor speaks after U.S. President Barack Obama announced her as his nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, May 26, 2009. Obama nominated Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, selecting a woman who would be the court's first Latino. Obama's choice of the liberal Sotomayor, a 54-year-old judge on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York, was unlikely to change the ideological balance of the high court because Souter, 69, was part of the panel's liberal wing. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES POLITICS CRIME LAW) 

U.S. Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor is pictured as U.S. President Barack Obama announces her as his choice as the nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter in the East Room of the White House in Washington, May 26, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES CRIME LAW POLITICS) 

U.S. Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor is pictured as U.S. President Barack Obama announces her as his choice as the nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter in the East Room of the White House in Washington, May 26, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES CRIME LAW POLITICS) 

Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for an official picture, their first since December 2003, at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., October 31, 2005. (First Row L-R) Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice John Paul Stevens, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, (Second Row L-R) Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice David H. Souter, Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Stephen G. Breyer. [Roberts replaced Chief Justice William Rehnquist who died recently.] 

Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for an official picture, their first since December 2003, at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., October 31, 2005. (First Row L-R) Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice John Paul Stevens, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, (Second Row L-R) Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice David H. Souter, Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Stephen G. Breyer. REUTERS/Jason Reed 

Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for an official picture, their first since December 2003, at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., October 31, 2005. (First Row L-R) Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice John Paul Stevens, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, (Second Row L-R) Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice David H. Souter, Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Stephen G. Breyer. Roberts replaced Chief Justice William Rehnquist who died recently. REUTERS/Jason Reed Pictures of the Month October 2005 

Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court chat while taking an official picture, their first since December 2003, at the Supreme Court in Washington October 31, 2005. (First Row L-R) Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice John Paul Stevens, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, (Second Row L-R) Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice David H. Souter, Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Stephen G. Breyer. REUTERS/Jason Reed 

Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for an official picture, their first since December 2003, at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., October 31, 2005. (First Row L-R) Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice John Paul Stevens, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, (Second Row L-R) Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice David H. Souter, Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Stephen G. Breyer. REUTERS/Jason Reed 

Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for an official picture, their first since December 2003, at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., October 31, 2005. (First Row L-R) Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice John Paul Stevens, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, (Second Row L-R) Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice David H. Souter, Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Stephen G. Breyer. Roberts replaced Chief Justice William Rehnquist who died recently. REUTERS/Jason Reed 

Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for an official picture, their first since December 2003, at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., October 31, 2005. (First Row L-R) Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice John Paul Stevens, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, (Second Row L-R) Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice David H. Souter, Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Stephen G. Breyer. REUTERS/Jason Reed 

(L-R) Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David H. Souter, Antonin Scalia, John Paul Stevens, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justices Sandra Day O'Connor, Anthony M. Kennedy, Clarence Thomas and Stephen G. Breyer pose for the first picture of the Roberts Court in the Chief Justice Conference Room at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. October 3 2005. New U.S. Chief Justice Roberts opened the 2005-2006 Supreme Court session on Monday and launched the highest U.S. judicial body into the Roberts era, which could last for decades. REUTERS/Ken Heinen/Pool 

(L-R) Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David H. Souter, Antonin Scalia, John Paul Stevens, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justices Sandra Day O'Connor, Anthony M. Kennedy, Clarence Thomas and Stephen G. Breyer pose for the first picture of the Roberts Court in the Chief Justice Conference Room at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. October 3 2005. New U.S. Chief Justice Roberts opened the 2005-2006 Supreme Court session on Monday and launched the highest U.S. judicial body into the Roberts era, which could last for decades. REUTERS/Ken Heinen/Pool 

Supreme Court Associate Justices depart Great Hall as pallbears prepare to lift casket of Chief Justice Rehnquist in Washington. Supreme Court Associate Justices (R-L) David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer depart the Great Hall as pallbears prepare to lift the casket of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist after a prayerat the U.S. Supreme Court, in Washington September 7, 2005. Rehnquist, one of the most influential and conservative jurists in U.S. history, died on Saturday night at his home in Arlington, Virginia, after a nearly year-long battle with thyroid cancer. He would have turned 81 on Oct. 1. REUTERS/Charles Dharapak/Pool 

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice David Souter poses for an official portrait with the eight other Supreme Court Justices in Washington, December 5, 2003, the first time all nine have gathered for a group photo since 1994. Souter, born in Melrose, Massachusetts on September 17, 1939, was nominated by former U.S. President [George H. W. Bush] and assumed his current post on October 9, 1990. 

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice David Souter poses for an official
portrait with the eight other Supreme Court Justices in Washington,
December 5, 2003, the first time all nine have gathered for a group
photo since 1994. Souter, born in Melrose, Massachusetts on September
17, 1939, was nominated by former U.S. President George H. W. Bush and
assumed his current post on October 9, 1990. REUTERS/Jason Reed
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