In his dissent, Judge Menashi said when weighing defamation from a national broadcast, it's not adequate to apply California law.
Trump-appointed judges shut down Devin Nunes' defamation case against CNN
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Writing a concurring opinion in the Vermont case, Second Circuit Judge Steven Menashi, an appointee of President Trump and former associate White House counsel, said the Constitution's Establishment Clause "does not require Vermont to avoid funding religious education through the TTP.” The Montana ruling, he added, found that while there is a "historic and substantial" state interest against paying to train clergy, "there is no comparable interest or tradition of states declining to aid religious education more broadly understood.”
Supreme Court showdown may loom over taxpayer funds for parochial schools
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