
By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Senior Circuit Judge Michael Daly Hawkins of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is so enamored with history and politics that he's been known to assume the roles of Ulysses S. Grant and James Madison's lawyer for appreciative audiences at judicial conferences.
But his present-day reality has him potentially making history instead of portraying it by serving on the circuit panel hearing ... (continued)