Word: silberman
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From 1995-1996, Ferrell clerked for Judge Lawrence H. Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The next year, he clerked for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court. As a student at HLS, Ferrell was the recipient of the Sears Prize, awarded to the two law students with the highest grade point average in each of their first two years there...
...hearings are rarely granted--the judges rejected the idea. The gist of their ruling was that Secret Service agents are sworn officers of the law; they are obliged to testify about potential wrongdoing and can do so without endangering the President's security. In a concurring opinion, Judge Laurence Silberman referred to the proposed privilege as "a constitutional absurdity." The White House hit the last step on Friday, when Rehnquist declined to delay the subpoenas. Starr questioned officers the same...
...Sunday Bush narrowed the field to five. They included Souter, Jones, Solicitor General Kenneth Starr and two judges on the federal appeals court in Washington -- Lawrence Silberman, who two weeks ago joined in a ruling that threw out one of Oliver North's convictions in the Iran-contra scandal, and Clarence Thomas, the black former chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Not having met Jones and Souter, the President asked to have them invited to Washington...
...unexpected reversal came from two Reagan appointees, judges David Sentelle and Laurence Silberman. A strong dissent came from Judge Patricia Wald, a Carter appointee, who insisted, "North received a fair trial -- not a perfect one but a competently managed and a fair...