The Judge, a pre-9/11 Bush appointee
Leon, Richard J.
Born 1949 in South Natick, MA
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Nominated by George W. Bush on September 10, 2001, to a seat vacated by Norma Holloway Johnson; Confirmed by the Senate on February 14, 2002, and received commission on February 19, 2002.
“Next month, shipping giant AP Moeller-Maersk will make a move that would have been unlikely a decade ago. A line of 6,000-container ships that now goes to Southern California will dock in Seattle instead.”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123966509693815117.html
Just like water, go around an obstacle.