In addition, he criticized the ACLU's "repeated references to the 'separation of church and state'", stating that "this extra-constitutional construct has grown tiresome." Judge Alice M. Batchelder joined in the opinion, while District Judge Walter Herbert Rice merely concurred in the decision but not the opinion. References External links 1936 births 20th-century American judges 20th-century American lawyers American prosecutors Detroit College of Law alumni Detroit College of Law faculty Indiana lawyers Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Living people People from Spencer County, Indiana United States court of appeals judges appointed by George H. W. Bush United States district court judges appointed by Ronald Reagan University of Virginia School of Law alumni Wayne State University alumni