United States v. Bagdasarian

Opinion by Judge REINHARDT; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge WARDLAW.

OPINION

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

The election of our first black President produced a campaign with vitriolic personal attacks and, ultimately, sentiments of national pride and good will. The latter was short-lived on the part of some, politicians and non-politicians alike, and the vi*1114triol continued as President Obama’s term of office commenced. To those familiar with American political history, none of this should.have come as a surprise. Although Justice Scalia writes that “[o]bservers of the past few…