[The Hon. Galahad Threepwood]

The judge is Gilbert S. Merritt, a federal appeals court judge invited to help Iraqis construct a legal system in postwar Iraq. He is, according to Reynolds, "a lifelong Democrat and a man of unimpeachable integrity."

A remarkable combination, indeed.

[aristeides]

Judge Merritt, as chief judge, authored the opinion of the Sixth Circuit that scolded Justice Department lawyers for practising fraud on the court in trying to railroad John Demjanjuk by submitting documentation to the court that they knew was fraudulent.