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solicitor general stories: 3 news summaries

New Solicitor General in Line for High Court

Center-left lawyer
will work closely
with Supremes

Mar 21, 09 4:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Elena Kagan became America's first female solicitor general yesterday, putting her one step closer to a possible Supreme Court nomination, the AP reports. As the so-called "10th Supreme Court justice," Kagan will effectively audition for the high court if she argues a Voting Rights Act case next... More »

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Department of Justice • lawyer • Harvard Law School • confirmation hearings • solicitor general • US Supreme Court • Obama administration • President Obama • political appointment • Elena Kagan

Supreme Court Grows Even Clubbier

High-profile lawyers socialize with friends on the bench

Dec 15, 08 9:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The Supreme Court turns out to be the kind of bar where everybody knows your name. Over the past decade or so, a small group of lawyers with educational, professional, and social ties to the justices have staked out exclusive territory at the building known as the Marble Palace. USA ... More »

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Antonin Scalia • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Theodore Olson • solicitor general • US Supreme Court • undue influence

Supremes Won’t Hear CIA Torture Suit

Earlier dismissals rested on concerns about national security

Oct 9, 07 3:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court declined today without comment to hear the case of a German citizen who claims he was kidnapped and tortured by the CIA. Lower courts had dismissed Khaled el-Masri's case on the grounds that a trial would expose state secrets. German authorities have said the US acknowledged abducting... More »

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Afghanistan • Bush administration • CIA • Germany • Khaled el Masri • Albania • Macedonia • solicitor general • US Supreme Court

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