[Brugmansian]

Reinhardt just wrote a 132 page dissent in the Newdow case which ruled “Under God” is constitutional in the pledge. The ACLU has been involved on the side of Newdow on those cases for a decade (Newdow filed two). No conflict there with Reinhardt’s wife Ramona Ripston being Executive Director of the ACLU in his own 9th circuit district.

Ramona has been with the ACLU since 1972. Jimmy Carter put Reinhardt on the bench. Only time Ripston left the ACLU was for a couple months when she worked for “People for the American Way”.

[Balding_Eagle]

Thanks for the background