BREAKING: Judge Stephen Reinhardt of the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has died, a court spokesperson confirmed.
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A Prominent Liberal Judge From The 9th Circuit, Judge Stephen Reinhardt, Has Died At 87:https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/a-prominent-liberal-judge-from-the-9th-circuit-court-has?utm_term=.utYme0Xvj …
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Many folks are pointing to this piece by Heather Gerken as a good read on Judge Reinhardt today: https://www.yalelawjournal.org/pdf/925_4r5rjk35.pdf …pic.twitter.com/B9wwkHah78
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Judge Stephen Reinhardt died of a heart attack, a family spokesperson confirms. That and more in my updated story on the liberal 9th Circuit judge's death at 87:https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/a-prominent-liberal-judge-from-the-9th-circuit-court-has?utm_term=.fgYX2YB61#.srBxrpM5b …
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Sorta shocking that Reinhardt, Posner, and Kozinski — who were all appeals court judges with outsized, national reputations — all left the bench within a 7-month period.
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Comment this morning on Judge Stephen Reinhardt's death — https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/a-prominent-liberal-judge-from-the-9th-circuit-court-has?utm_term=.ogxBRYzLq#.clLa3nmoq … — from
@GerkenHeather, a former Reinhardt clerk who is now the dean of Yale Law School:pic.twitter.com/FrvQVJUbNQ
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary and a Californian, comments on Judge Reinhardt's death and the path ahead for the "three California vacancies" on the 9th Circuit —>pic.twitter.com/6TLIxKvnTC
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Unexpected at 87?
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Thought he was in Beverly Hills Cop?
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That's sad to hear. Prayers to his friends and family.
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Nerve gas?
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Reminds me of Joan Rivers.
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Sorry to hear it.
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Any more info on the death? You said unexpected death at dermatologist's office. Some sort of surgical procedure?
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He was identified as a cancer. The dermatologist had to take care of that.
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His fate isn't.
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Well, that’s Karma stopping by for a quick hello if ever I saw a visit like that.
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