ferreted out

In a clever bit of detective work, Yale legal scholar Reva Siegel has ferreted out the vital role that this “seminar” plays in the originalist ecosystem:

Tran ferreted out a Social Security number for the patient from a confidential report about her test result, then plugged that into the databases.

“Good cops want bad cops ferreted out,” Jenkins said in a recent interview.

This is a conventionally structured drama: two characters, a single set, the requisite amount of family conflict, a few ferreted out secrets and a dark shadow of menacing politics.

Overall, the American Prospect ferreted out routine refusal of progressive icons in Congress to impede the spiraling crisis: