Supreme Court Justice David Souter talked about how history explains why current judges see the facts of court cases differently from their predecessors. Following Justice Souter's remarks, he took part in a panel discussion on the state of humanities education and its funding and answered questions from members of the audience. This is an edited portion of the annual meeting of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., on Monday, March 9, 2009. Included in program ID 284498-1.