Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi waMay 1, 2009, David Souter akazivisa kuti aizoenda pamudyandigere paDare Repamusorosoro musi waJune 29, pakutanga kwezororo reKanzuru yezhizha ra2009. Akanga ashanda somubatsiri wemutongi kwemakore 19. Uyu wakanga uri mukana wokutanga waPresident Barack Obama, uyo
vakatora basa muna Ndira 2009, kuzadza nzvimbo yeDare Repamusorosoro. Mutungamiri namakurukota ake vakanga vatanga kugadzirira ichi chiitiko kubva asati apika semutungamiri wenyika, panguva yokuchinja. Pashure pokunge zvirongwa zvomudyandigere zvaSouter zvaziviswa, Sonia Sotomayor akagamuchira ngwariro yapakuvamba somumhanyi anotungamirira kuti amutevere. Vamwe vaitungamirira mazita akasiyana-siyana evanyoresa vangangodaro vakabatanidza: Elena Kagan, Diane Wood naJennifer Granholm.