The uproar over the law review article carries particular significance in light of the injunction Kacsmaryk recently issued on FDA approval of mifepristone, a...
“The process only works if we … have candor and truthful answers. So that’s significant,” Cornyn said.Former and current staff at First Liberty said Kacsmaryk’s name was only meant as a “placeholder” on the law review article.Cornyn did not get into details on Tuesday but said he is now satisfied Kacsmaryk was not the author and therefore did not mislead senators.
“It appears that the premise was wrong, that he had authored a paper that he had failed to disclose,” Cornyn said. “Turns out he did not author that paper when it was published.” Cornyn and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, are members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that vets nominees to the federal bench. Both voted to confirm Kacsmaryk in 2019 after then-President Donald Trump nominated him to the federal bench.The article Kacsmaryk submitted argued against Obama administration rules related to both transgender people and abortion.
If the article had been published under Kacsmaryk’s name, and disclosed to senators, opponents almost certainly would have used it to cast his social views as outside the mainstream.. Joseph Morton covers the intersection of business and politics in the Washington Bureau. Before joining The News, Joseph worked for CQ Roll Call and the Omaha World-Herald. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
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