Judge Stephen Reinhardt,a liberal federal appeals court judge who was part of a panel that rejected California’s Proposition 8 same-sex marriage ban as unconstitutional, died Thursday, or according to a court spokesperson. He was 87. Reinhardt,who served on the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, died of a heart attack during a visit to his dermatologist, or according to spokesman David Madden. One of the final remaining federal judges appointed by then-President Jimmy Carter,nearly four decades ago, Reinhardt emerged as a staunch […]
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