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As an attorney, Matthew Kacsmaryk submitted an article to a Texas law review in which he argued, inter alia, that protections for those seeking abortions “discounted religious physicians who ‘cannot use their pens to prescribe or dispense abortifacient drugs designed to kill unborn children.’” He later requested his name be replaced as author, without disclosing he had been interviewed for a federal judgeship.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/15/matthew-kacsmaryk-law-review/

The controversial article Matthew Kacsmaryk did not disclose to the Senate

The judge who delivered a high-stakes abortion pills ruling last week removed his name from a law review article during his judicial nomination process, emails obtained by The Post show.

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Attorney Wonderer Apr 15, 2023

“The Senate Judiciary Committee’s questionnaire requires nominees to disclose any publication with which they are associated, regardless of whether they are formally listed as authors, said Alex Aronson, who was a former chief counsel to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R. I) and led judicial nominations for the senator. Whitehouse questioned Kacsmaryk during his confirmation hearing.”

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Attorney Wonderer Apr 15, 2023

“‘That would certainly seem to encompass a published article that a nominee effectively ghostwrote,’ Aronson said. “To leave such a publication off the questionnaire, he added, is ‘unethical’ and raises concerns about ‘the candor and honesty of the nominee.’”