ideology and clerks

[Steven Jamar]

Most clerks don't end up in public positions that make the informal  
sort of survey easy, I would bet.

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On Oct 30, 2010, at 3:51 PM, "Jeffrey Segal" <jeffrey.segal at stonybrook.edu 
 > wrote:

> Paul Finkelman wrote:
>
> Has anyone ever done a study -- formal of informal -- of Justices  
> ideology and the subsequent ideology of their clerks.  Conservatives  
> who clerked for liberals:  Mike McConnell, for example, clerked for  
> Brennan and Rehquist for Jackson, yet neither had the same political/ 
> philosophy as they judges they clerked for.  Can anyone think of  
> other examples, I am especially interested in the flip of this --  
> liberals or moderats who clerked for very conservaitve justices  
> (Scalia, Thomas, Rehnqust). On list or off list is fine.
>
>
> This is not the flip side that you are looking for, but Posner  
> clerked for Brennan. He also worked for Marshall in the SG's office.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jeff
>
> Jeffrey Segal
> Distinguished Professor and Chair
> Department of Political Science
> Stony Brook University
> Stony Brook, NY 11794
> phone 631-632-7662
> fax 631-632-4116
> jeffrey.segal at stonybrook.edu
> http://www.sunysb.edu/polsci/jsegal/
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