Reinhardt Reversed for Third Time in Same Case
Orin Kerr writes at the Volokh Conspiracy: “The basic dynamic of Ninth Circuit ‘liberal lion’ Stephen Reinhardt overturning a death sentence in a habeas case – and then the U.S. Supreme Court reversing Reinhardt — happens so often that it normally would not merit comment. But here’s a slight twist: Today the Supreme Court reversed Reinhardt for the third time in the same case, that of Fernando Belmontes, Jr.”