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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

May 2, 2008

Judicial Titans Clash in a War of Words

U.S. Court of Appeals judges Richard Posner and Stephen Reinhardt are engaged in a war of words. Reinhardt takes aim at Posner in a law review article over the 7th Circuit's chief judge's book supporting the Bush administration's controversial homeland security policies.

By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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      SAN FRANCISCO - In this corner: Judge Stephen Roy Reinhardt of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
      Across the ring: the 7th Circuit's Judge Richard Allen Posner.
      In a heavyweight literary bout disguised as a law review article, the quintessential Los Angeles libera...

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