Retired Supreme Court justice David Souter has cached his apparently extensive diary with the New Hampshire Historical Society with the stipulation that it remain under wraps for 50 years. Too bad! I was looking forward to reading something like this:

July 25, 1993

Came across a book at a second-hand store entitled “The Constitution of the United States.” I’d never seen it before. I flipped through it and found nothing relevant to my present job.

It would certainly explain a lot.