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Organizational chart for the office of the Solicitor General. The solicitor general of the United States (USSG or SG), is the fourth-highest-ranking official within the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), [1] and represents the federal government in cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
She taught a course at Harvard Law School on Supreme Court and appellate advocacy. [21] She also performed in a mock trial with Brett Kavanaugh and Ketanji Brown Jackson in 2016 prior to their appointments to the Supreme Court. [1] From 2014 to 2019, Prelogar was an assistant to the U.S. solicitor general.
The Court of Appeals ruled (2‑1) that no grounds for mistrial existed. Olson argued a dozen cases before the Supreme Court prior to becoming Solicitor General. [9] In one case, he argued against federal sentencing guidelines, and, in a case in New York state he defended a member of the press who had first leaked the Anita Hill story. [5]
Yet, that is the solicitor general’s one job when it is asked by the U.S. Supreme Court to file a brief in a case where the United States is not a party. They had one job, and they failed to do it.
As Solicitor General, Kagan's job was to act as the lawyer for the United States and defend legislation and executive actions in appeals before the Supreme Court. [76] [47] Thus the arguments she made as Solicitor General were not necessarily indicative of her personal beliefs. [76]
The U.S. court of appeals refused, by 2-1 vote, to set aside her order. Trump's acting solicitor general Sarah Harris sent an emergency appeal to Chief Justice John G. Roberts on Sunday.
Katyal is also the only head of the Solicitor General's office to argue in the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. [12] As Acting Solicitor General, Katyal succeeded Elena Kagan, whom President Barack Obama chose to replace the retiring Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens. [13]
Jackson served as Solicitor General until January 1940, working as the government's chief advocate before the U.S. Supreme Court. [32] During his time in this post, he argued 44 cases to the Supreme Court on behalf of the federal government, and lost only six. [ 33 ]