A judge properly considered a defendant’s white supremacist beliefs in imposing a sentence for a weapons offense, a federal appeals court held.The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week rejected the argument that Chief U.S. District Judge William C. Griesbach of the Eastern District of Wisconsin violated Erik C. Schmidt’s First Amendment rights.The court conceded a judge “must safeguard a defendant’s First Amendment expression and associational rights during the sentencing process.&rdquo …