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- 1 2 Svitek, Patrick (November 1, 2021). "Evan Young, former clerk to conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, appointed to Texas Supreme Court". The Texas Tribune . Retrieved December 22, 2021.
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- ↑ Svitek, Patrick (1 November 2021). "Evan Young, former clerk to conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, appointed to Texas Supreme Court". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ↑ "Chickasaw Woman Selected to Clerk for Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch". Office of the Governor, the Chickasaw Nation. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
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