solicitor general
noun
plural solicitors general
: a law officer appointed primarily to assist an attorney general
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Sauer also served as solicitor general of Missouri for six years and clerked for late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
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Sara Dorn, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Trump has nominated Sauer as his solicitor general, a position that oversees the government's Supreme Court cases.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Trump rewarded a third personal lawyer, former Missouri solicitor general John Sauer, with the prestigious role of U.S. solicitor general.
—Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Nov. 2024
She would likely be replaced as chair in the interim by one of the two Republicans on the commission: Andrew Ferguson, formerly chief counsel for Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, or Melissa Holyoak, Utah’s former solicitor general.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Sara Dorn, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Trump has nominated Sauer as his solicitor general, a position that oversees the government's Supreme Court cases.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Trump rewarded a third personal lawyer, former Missouri solicitor general John Sauer, with the prestigious role of U.S. solicitor general.
—Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Nov. 2024
She would likely be replaced as chair in the interim by one of the two Republicans on the commission: Andrew Ferguson, formerly chief counsel for Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, or Melissa Holyoak, Utah’s former solicitor general.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Solicitor general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solicitor%20general. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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