Vail’s retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig warns of a looming ‘final battle for America’s democracy’

Vail’s retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig warns of a looming ‘final battle for America’s democracy’

Retired Judge J. Michael Luttig, 72, like a lot of native Texans, has been coming to Vail since he was a boy. He once roamed the streets of Vail Village for days trying to run into former President Gerald R. Ford, who started coming to Vail as a congressman from Michigan and ascended to both the vice presidency and presidency as an avid skier in both Vail and Beaver Creek. Luttig, in a phone interview with the Vail Daily on Wednesday, said he ne…