Just-Nominated 2nd in Command at the DOJ Helped Bush Steal Florida in 2000 and Clerked Under Scalia

The Just-Nominated Second in Command at the DOJ Helped Bush Steal Florida in 2000 and Clerked Under Scalia
Submitted by davidswanson on Mon, 2007-11-26 18:29. Elections

By mark karlin, BUZZFLASH EDITOR'S BLOG

All you had to know about the newly nominated second in command at the Justice Department, the Deputy Attorney General to AG Mukasey, is the final paragraph of a November 16 Chicago Tribune article: "After clerking for {Antonin} Scalia, {Mark} Filip returned to Chicago rather than stay in Washington and pursue the kind of career track that traditionally leads to a choice government appointment. He did, however, work as a volunteer Republican vote counter in Florida during the 2000 election recount."

Ah yes, how much fun the mainstream press is! Reading a "news" article is really like hunting for buried treasure. And then you have to connect the dots on your own.

Filip, who is currently a federal judge in the Northern Illinois District (Scalia swore him in), was appointed in 2004 to the bench by George W. Bush. And, as we recently noted in a series on Republican judicial appointments, they don’t put "freelancers" on the bench, just reliable partisan judges.

Also worthy of note in the Tribune article is this statement: "As a contender for the deputy job, it couldn't have hurt Filip that one of his close friends is Paul Clement, the U.S. solicitor general, and a rising legal star. Filip and Clement are part of a network of former Scalia clerks who keep in touch."

Good grief, it’s the Federalist Society cabal run amuck!

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