solicitor general
noun
plural solicitors general
: a law officer appointed primarily to assist an attorney general
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Louisiana’s solicitor general asked the Supreme Court on Monday to help resolve a conundrum.
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Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025
Last March, on the same day that Texas’s solicitor general defended S.B. 4 before the appellate judges, Abbott spoke at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a right-wing think tank in Austin.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
On Sunday, Sarah Harris, the acting solicitor general, sent a 35-page emergency appeal to the Supreme Court.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025
In what is likely to be the Trump administration's first Supreme Court emergency appeal of his second term, the solicitor general is expected to ask the high court to permit Dellinger's firing, according to documents obtained Sunday.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2025
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Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025
Last March, on the same day that Texas’s solicitor general defended S.B. 4 before the appellate judges, Abbott spoke at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a right-wing think tank in Austin.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
On Sunday, Sarah Harris, the acting solicitor general, sent a 35-page emergency appeal to the Supreme Court.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025
In what is likely to be the Trump administration's first Supreme Court emergency appeal of his second term, the solicitor general is expected to ask the high court to permit Dellinger's firing, according to documents obtained Sunday.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2025
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“Solicitor general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solicitor%20general. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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