interest, and despite decades of contrary precedent from this circuit and the Supreme Court, all while inventing and distorting facts to suit my incoherent reasoning, 'I would hide my head in a bag,'" Judge Smith concluded, quoting the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Slate described Smith's dissent as a "60-page burst of fury" and "one of the angriest dissents of his career". Clerks Judge Smith's former clerks include: Dana Berliner (1991–92), litigation director at the Institute for Justice Hon. Jimmy Blacklock (2005–06), associate justice, Texas Supreme Court Ronald J. Colombo (1998–99), professor of law, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University Sean J. Cooksey (2014–15), commissioner, Federal Election Commission Tom Cotton (2002–03), U.S. Senator Joseph M. Ditkoff (1996–97), associate justice, Massachusetts Appeals Court Thomas Dupree (1997–98), former principal deputy assistant attorney general, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice Hon. Allison H. Eid (1991–92), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and former justice of the Colorado Supreme Court Scott Glabe (2012–2013), former Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Trade and Economic Security and Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Strategy, Policy, and Plans Stephen E. Henderson (1999–2000), Judge Haskell A. Holloman Professor of Law, University of Oklahoma College of Law Jim Hawkins (2006–07), Alumnae College Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center Hon. James C. Ho (1999–2000), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and former solicitor general of Texas Thomas Johnson (2005–06), former general counsel, Federal Communications Commission Daryl Joseffer (1995–96), former Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States Lee Kovarsky (2004–05), Bryant Smith Chair in Law, University of Texas at Austin School of Law Julian Ku (1998–99), senior associate dean for academic affairs, Maurice A. Deane Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law and Faculty Director of International Programs, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, and cofounder of Opinio Juris Thom Lambert (1998–99), Wall Family Chair of Corporate Law and Governance, University of Missouri School of Law Mithun Mansinghani (2011–12), Solicitor General of Oklahoma Hon. Richard T. Morrison (1993–94), judge, United States Tax Court Hon. John B. Nalbandian (1994–95), judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Keith Noreika (1997–98), former acting Comptroller of the Currency of the United States Aaron Nielson (2007–08), professor of law, J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University Margaret Peterlin (2000–01), former Chief