Ex-Marine, professor, MLB draft pick among high court clerks
(WorldNews Politics)

WASHINGTON (AP) - A former Marine who deployed twice to Afghanistan. A patent law professor. A woman who`s blind. Two Rhodes scholars. They`re among the lawyers starting work this summer as law clerks at the Supreme Court. The group of 16 women and 23 men hired by the justices were already on paths to become leading judges, professors and Supreme Court advocates. The one-year clerkship will cement their high-profile status. `I think clerking on this court affects everybody`s career who does it. You put it on your resume and all of a sudden doors open, sometimes justifiably so and sometimes not,` Justice Elena Kagan has said . She should know. Kagan, who clerked for Justice Thurgood Marshall,...