In 1990, George H.W. Bush, listening to White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu, nominated David Souter to the U.S. Supreme Court. Sununu, who as governor of New Hampshire had nominated Souter to the Granite State’s supreme court in 1983, assured Bush that Souter would be a “ home run ” for the conservative cause. That’s not what happened. Souter quickly lurched leftward, joining the 1992 court majority in Planned Parenthood v. Casey that upheld the core abortion “right” holding of Roe v.