Retired federal appeals court Judge J. Michael Luttig, a prominent conservative legal scholar put on the bench by President George H.W. Bush, is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Donald Trump, whose candidacy he describes as an existential threat to American democracy.
It means a lot less when it’s coming from retired, or retiring, Republicans. It’s practically meaningless.
Especially when it’s a judge, who isn’t supposed to be politically aligned in the first place.