Trump Judge Won’t Hire Law Students Who Signed Letters Backing Hamas Attack

The Trump-appointed federal judge said this decision is moral, not political.
Trump Judge Won’t Hire Law Students Who Signed Letters Backing Hamas Attack
Protesters hold signs in support of Palestine "resistance" during a rally at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on Oct. 14, 2023. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images
Bill Pan
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A federal judge has pledged to not hire law students as clerks if they have signed onto public statements justifying recent terror attacks by Hamas as Palestinian resistance against Israeli oppression.

“I will not hire any student or intern who is a member of any group that signed on to this Harvard letter or any other similar letter,” Matthew Solomon, a judge on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, wrote in a LinkedIn post.