On the Late, Very-Unlamented, Ninth Circus Judge Stephen Reinhardt

By An Old Friend

Thu, Feb 13, 2020 12:01 p.m.

Steve Hayward, at PowerLine, on the late, very-unlamented Ninth Circus judge Stephen Reinhardt

AOF: Reinhardt was bad news in general.  And in context of what's below, it's interesting to note that he was married to Ramona Ripston, the longtime, imperious head of the southern California ACLU

N.S.: Only feminazis use phrases like "the male gaze," or call having one's beliefs mocked, "sexual harassment." And since they are mistresses of the shakedown, Me-too lawsuit, I can't believe she would take such "abuse." But I also have no compassion for the late circus master Reinhardt, who by the way, in the pictures I found of his latter years, was one homely cuss himself. He had no business talking about anyone's looks.

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/02/feel-good-news-of-the-day.php

AOF: [I]n the schadenfreude department, readers who follow the judiciary will know the name Stephen Reinhardt, who was one of the most leftist judges of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals until his passing two years ago. Today at a hearing of the House Subcommittee on the Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, a former Reinhardt clerk, Olivia Warren, is going to testify that Reinhardt was a complete pig when it came to his treatment of women. You can read her complete testimony here. Samples:

Judge Reinhardt only contemplated the attractiveness of women through the male gaze, and at times he used homophobic slurs: for example, a gay female clerk was repeatedly referred to by the judge as a "dykester," which he found funny. . .

All of that provides the context within which I experienced direct sexual harassment. Judge Reinhardt routinely and frequently made disparaging statements about my physical appearance, my views about feminism and women's rights, and my relationship with my husband (including our sexual relationship). Often, these remarks included expressing surprise that I even had a husband because I was not a woman who any man would be attracted to. In that vein, Judge Reinhardt often speculated that my husband must be a "wimp," or possibly gay. Judge Reinhardt would use both words and gestures to suggest that my "wimp" husband must either lack a penis, or not be able to get an erection in my presence. He implied that my marriage had not been consummated. I was subjected on a weekly, and sometimes daily, basis to these types of comments about my husband, our relationship, and my being a woman who no man would marry—which he attributed both to my being a feminist and to my physical appearance, including my "short" stature. Judge Reinhardt made these comments to me when we were alone, and also in front of other members of chambers at times.

There's a lot more like this in Ms. Warren's testimony, and it all bolsters a long time thesis of mine, namely, that the left is obsessed with racism and sexism because they are the worst practitioners of it.