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Judges in Bernstein case
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Gillogly)
Mon May 10 14:06:44 1999
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 10:49:37 -0700
From: Jim Gillogly <jim@acm.org>
To: cryptography@c2.net
Fred Baube wrote:
> And, just out of curiosity, who appointed Judges Fletcher and
> Bright ? I would like to see this in news reports, but I sup-
> pose this would require some genuiine research work on the part
> of reporters, and anyways it might remind people that certain
> recent Presidents, and one in particular, spoke libertarianism
> while implementing statism.
Judge Betty Fletcher, who wrote the opinion, was appointed by
President Carter in 1979. Judge Thomas Nelson, who wrote the
dissent, was appointed by President Bush in 1990. Judge Myron
Bright, who concurred with the opinion, is on loan from the
Eighth Circuit Court; I don't know who appointed him.
--
Jim Gillogly
Highday, 19 Thrimidge S.R. 1999, 17:35
12.19.6.3.4, 7 Kan 12 Uo, First Lord of Night
