Judge James Ho, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, speaking at a panel discussion during the "Law Symposium: Justice Thomas's Thirty-Year Legacy on the Court," co-hosted by The C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State and The Heritage Foundation, in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 21, 2021. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM In Slamming 'Cancel Culture,' Judge James Ho Boycotts Yale Law Clerks
"I very much doubt that any liberal-leaning students had any desire to clerk for him, so his decision ironically only adversely impacts conservative-leaning Federalist Society members who agree with him ideologically," one Yale law student said.
September 29, 2022 at 06:08 PM
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A federal judge who said he will no longer hire clerks from Yale Law School garnered criticism from the legal community, one of whom said his comments could create ethics problems.
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