Kavanaugh has been grilled on his clerkship for Judge Kozinski.
What we reported this morning: Alex Azar also clerked for Kozinski — and his abrupt departure is how Kavanaugh got the job.
What we reported this morning: Alex Azar also clerked for Kozinski — and his abrupt departure is how Kavanaugh got the job.
It’s also the latest example of how Kavanaugh and Azar’s professional lives have intersected, again and again.
The Yale Law graduates - and close friends - clerked on the Supreme Court together, worked on Starr investigation together and both joined Bush v. Gore legal team.
The Yale Law graduates - and close friends - clerked on the Supreme Court together, worked on Starr investigation together and both joined Bush v. Gore legal team.
Now one is a Trump cabinet secretary, and the other is poised to be a Supreme Court justice, ruling on matters that affect HHS.
The Obamacare legal challenge to get rid of pre-existing condition protections, which Kavanaugh was repeatedly asked about? The case is Texas v. Azar.
The Obamacare legal challenge to get rid of pre-existing condition protections, which Kavanaugh was repeatedly asked about? The case is Texas v. Azar.
Yale Law professor George Priest, who placed Azar and then Kavanaugh with Kozinski, got back to me this morning.
Other sources have confirmed that Azar was the “very able” clerk in question.
Other sources have confirmed that Azar was the “very able” clerk in question.
Above the Law’s @ElieNYC raises questions about Azar’s unusual path from Kozinski to Luttig. abovethelaw.com/2018/09/could-…
