Republican Justice David H. Souter, who is a coalition of court liberals, died in 85
His mood gradually improved, but the court's 2006-2007 term brought another low, when Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. in a relatively small case, Bowles v. Russell, 5-4 majority ruled that even before a federal judge mistakenly gave him the deadline, the prisoner's appeal was too late, even if it was safe. Judge Souter's objection,…