Law clerks are now part of a cohort of secretly financed and trained partisans. They trained to elevate the Heritage Foundation’s views, or the views of judges handpicked by the foundation.

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Plus secrecy and loyalty oaths. https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/people-are-really-upset-about-conservative-groups-secret-training-of-future-law-clerks-for-federal-judges/

Adam Liptak ✔ @adamliptak Unnamed donors, sitting judges, secrecy pledges and loyalty oaths at Heritage Foundation “training academy” for law clerks. After questions from The Times, the passages below were deleted from the application materials. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/18/us/politics/heritage-foundation-clerks-judges-training.html …