| Chief Judge Dennis Jacobs is a very conservative judge. He joined a court decision effectively declaring corporations immune to international human rights law -- even when they "trade in or exploit slaves, employ mercenary armies to do dirty work for despots, perform genocides or operate torture prisons for a despot's political opponents, or engage in piracy." And he once gave a speech to the conservative Federalist Society decrying the "anti-social effects" of attorneys providing free legal services to the less fortunate.
And yet, this severely conservative judge is also the author of an opinion striking down the unconstitutional Defense of Marriage Act. Even more significantly, Chief Judge Jacobs' opinion concludes that any law which discriminates against gay men and lesbians should be treated very skeptically under our Constitution... |
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