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SCOTUSblog predicting that Acting SG Neal Katyal will get to officially become the next Tenth Justice

By Douglas A. Berman

Tom Goldstein has this interesting new post titled "Anticipating the next Solicitor General: The likely selection of Neal Katyal."   Here is how it starts and ends: The interim appointment of an Acting Principal Deputy Solicitor General this week got me thinking about the choice of a successor to Elena Kagan as Solicitor General. I don?t know precisely where the process stands (and in fact, I don?t know who will make the decision), but as with the choice of a nominee to the Supreme Court, the potential candidates and relevant considerations are well known. In the end, I think that Neal Katyal will be named as the next Solicitor General. For months, chatter from the Department of Justice has identified the same two candidates for the position: Don Verrilli and Neal Katyal...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 14, 2010 (boomark / email).