Judicial Clerk Boycott May Be Unethical, Circ. Judge Says

By Jack Karp ( June 2, 2025, 4:17 PM EDT) -- A North Dakota federal judge's pledge not to hire law clerks from Columbia University because of the school's response to campus protests against Israel's war in Gaza may "cross an important line," the Eighth Circuit's chief judge said, even as he dismissed an ethics complaint stemming from the boycott....

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