Mark Paoletta served as General Counsel of the Office of Management & Budget during the Trump Administration. He is a senior fellow at the Center for Renewing America.
Daniel Shapiro is a former law clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas and Judge Neomi Rao (the views expressed here do not necessarily represent the views of current or past employers)
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