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President Nominates New Solicitor General

By Steve Hall

The White House announcement is at the link. Lyle Denniston posts, "Verrilli chosen for SG post," at SCOTUS Blog. President Obama has turned to his White House legal staff for a new U.S. Solicitor General, selecting associate counsel Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., to be the government?s top advocate before the Supreme Court, the White House was telling various news organizations on Monday.  A veteran of 12 arguments in the Court, Verrilli has had a key role in several important legal initiatives in the Obama Administration ? perhaps most significantly, an attempt to put some limits on the government?s use of the controversial ?state secrets? doctrine. By choosing Verrilli, the President passed over Neal K. Katyal, the Deputy SG, who has been heading the SG?s office on an acting basis since Obama?s first SG ? Elena Kagan ? was named to the Supreme Court...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 25, 2011 (boomark / email).