Judge Lawrence VanDyke sits on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Alliance for Justice pays this backhanded tribute to him: Throughout his career, Lawrence VanDyke has shown his dedication to serving partisan interests at the expense of clean air, clean water, reproductive rights, LGBTQ equality…” and so on. I could stop right there and say that’s good enough for me.
But Judge VanDyke has dissented from the Ninth Circuit’s denial of the petition to rehear the court’s opinion in Olympus Spa v. Armstrong en banc. Judge VanDyke is not only a judge after my heart, he knows how to make a point. The court’s amended opinion, dissent, dissents from the denial of the petition for rehearing and high-minded responses thereto are all accessible here.
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) March 13, 2026
