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Anonymous wrote:After reading today's WaPo article about his texts with his former friend from law school who is trans, I feel even worse for Usha. Apparently this is not the guy she married, but now she has three young kids with him and probably still loves him. I noticed the part where he was texting that she was worried she wouldn't get a S Ct clerkship offer because she's so apolitical and didn't have any idelogical strings. Poor thing just wanted to be a super rich IP lawyer or maybe transition into a nice spot in academia at YLS or HLS or a judicial appointment on the Fed Circuit eventually .... and here she is at the center of the culture wars. I wonder if they are having "discussions" about whether the oldest kid is preparing for First Communion.

Elite law school students don't always pair and marry for love, especially not the politics-bound.

You’re really wrong. I went to YLS and my spouse went to HlS and I know lots and lots of elite law school students including Supreme Court clerks. I don’t know anyone that didn’t marry for love. Of course some of us made bad decisions regardless and intellectual accomplishments are sometimes part of love. But no one is marrying for the political/professional connections. And if you went to YlS, you don’t need to. It’s people who didn’t go to elite schools that need to marry for the connections.

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Anonymous wrote:He's a decent dude, and his wife is great. But he's quite ambitious and made the political calculus a while ago that the National Review brand of conservatism was not a viable path for his political fortunes. He can be thoughtful and nuanced (and some of his writings reflect this, even if you do not agree with him), but nobody is buying that these days, especially with the specter of Trumpism looming. He's had to walk back a number of his anti-Trump opinions in order to try to carve out a niche. This is the calculus that has been made, but it does not appear to be working.

Look at Asha Rangappa, who was at YLS at the same time as JD and is now a twitter warrior. These things happen when visibility, attention, ambition, scrutiny and brand-building enter the mix.

As evidenced by Ted Cruz at the SCOTUS confirmation hearings recently, you would be surprised (or perhaps not) by the number of esteemed, venerable people who are completely obsessed with their twitter mentions and the concomitant attention high. Sign of the times.

+1 to all of this.

I have to say that I do really wonder about his wife and how she's dealing with this. It would be hard for impossible for me to deal with this. They seemingly moved to Ohio to be close to his roots and to work to "make things better" with your spouse who was moderate right at best. Now the dude is more or less on the Trump. I don't think I could deal.

Anonymous wrote:But seriously does he wear eye liner?

Anonymous wrote:Was his eyeliner mentioned in this thread or elsewhere?

Anonymous wrote:JD Vance just said that the release of journalists/prisoners by Russia today is a testament to Donald Trump’s strength. I am in awe of his ability to keep a straight face.

Anonymous wrote:JD Vance just said that the release of journalists/prisoners by Russia today is a testament to Donald Trump’s strength. I am in awe of his ability to keep a straight face.

Anonymous wrote:He really committed to the Appalachia con after law school to tee up the book. I thought Kentucky was a miserable hellhole full of drug addicts? And he never actually lived in Kentucky. Yet he had a wedding ceremony there.

This flim-flam con artist stole an underclass Appalachia identity to get rich & famous off a memoir just like he casually steals valor for his non-combat sissy military service. Maybe his next speech he can detail all the IEDs he dodged in an air conditioned stateside office.

Anonymous wrote:He really committed to the Appalachia con after law school to tee up the book. I thought Kentucky was a miserable hellhole full of drug addicts? And he never actually lived in Kentucky. Yet he had a wedding ceremony there.

This flim-flam con artist stole an underclass Appalachia identity to get rich & famous off a memoir just like he casually steals valor for his non-combat sissy military service. Maybe his next speech he can detail all the IEDs he dodged in an air conditioned stateside office.