“As a sitting judge, I have the right to decide who works for me as a law clerk, said Daniel Traynor, currently a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota. “When this matter was reviewed by the Eighth Circuit and other courts around the country, they concluded that judges do not surrender their First Amendment rights when they become judges.
“As a sitting judge, I have the right to decide who works for me as a law clerk, said Daniel Traynor, currently a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota. “When this matter was reviewed by the Eighth Circuit and other courts around the country, they concluded that judges do not surrender their First Amendment rights when they become judges.

