Cabinet-level position in the Brazilian government charged with representing the federal government of Brazil in legal proceedings.
1The solicitor general's office represents the U.S. government before the Supreme Court.
2Paul Clement, the deputy solicitor general, argued on behalf of the government.
3Four years after graduating law school he became the solicitor general of Oklahoma.
4Kagan has served the past year as Obama's U.S. solicitor general.
5The solicitor general's role is to argue the current government's position on matters.
6Kagan, 50, is solicitor general and a former aide in the Clinton administration.
7Elizabeth Prelogar, an assistant solicitor general, is another appeals lawyer on the team.
8He said he was "disappointed" the solicitor general had not yet responded.
9She is a former federal prosecutor and deputy solicitor general of the United States.
10Obama has nominated Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan as solicitor general.)
11Washington attorney Theodore Olson, a Bush administration solicitor general, represented ASCAP in the appeal.
12Paul Clement, a solicitor general during Republican George W. Bush's presidency, will represent Arizona.
13The brief was signed by her deputy, Neal Katyal, as the acting solicitor general.
14When he began as solicitor general last year, the justices sometimes had trouble hearing him.
15Barbara Underwood was named New York state solicitor general.
16During her Senate confirmation hearing last year to become solicitor general, Kagan downplayed the memos.
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