#Sauer, 50, is a #Harvard Law grad & #RhodesScholar who served as a #law clerk to the late #SupremeCourt Justice Antonin Scalia. Before his began representing #Trump in late 2023, Sauer was the state #SolicitorGeneral of Missouri [so he knows better]. He supported efforts to overturn Trump’s election defeat in 2020 & was at the lead of much of the red-state litigation against the #Biden admin.
His earlier representation of Trump *concerned* some of his Democratic critics.
“'There are some instances in which he or she may lawfully be bound & other instances in which he or she may not lawfully be bound,' Reitz added.
“Reitz appeared alongside D.John #Sauer, #Trump’s fmr personal atty, nominated to be the #SolicitorGeneral, the govt’s top atty before the #SupremeCourt. Some of the tensest exchanges between Sauer & #Judiciary Cmte #Democrats were over Sauer’s defense of Trump’s claim of #immunity that went to the high court last year.”
#law
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/26/politics/justice-trump-court-orders-sauer-reitz/index.html
#Trump’s nominee for U.S. #SolicitorGeneral, D. John Sauer, is the atty who argued it would be legal for the president to order #SealTeam6 to assassinate a political opponent.
From CNN:
“2 of President Donald Trump’s nominees for snr #Justice Dept positions – including his fmr personal atty [#Sauer] – deflected questions Wed from senators on whether they would adhere to all court orders against the administration.”
With all eyes on the passage of the House Republicans budget resolution, this flew under the radar:
At a #Senate hearing, #DOJ nominees equivocated on whether they’d follow court orders – including #Trump’s nominee for U.S. #SolicitorGeneral, the 4th-highest-ranking official in the US Dept of #Justice & the atty who represents the federal govt in cases before #SCOTUS.
#SupremeCourt ruling? Eh, optional.
How #ElizabethPrelogar Stands Up to a Runaway #SCOTUS
“Prelogar’s tenure has been especially frenzied: In the term that recessed in July alone, by one count, she argued nearly 20% of all the cases in which the government was involved, the highest percentage for any #SolicitorGeneral in a quarter century or more. And of all the cases the court decided, her office participated in the lion’s share of them.“
#law
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/elizabeth-prelogar-solicitor-general
#DOJ Asks #SupremeCourt to Allow Most of the New #TitleIX #SexDiscrimination #Rules to Go Into Effect.
#SolicitorGeneral ElizabethPrelogar also #strongly #backs the #trans-#inclusive #sexdiscrimination #definition in the #TitleIX #education #rule, quoting repeatedly from #SupremeCourt #Justice #NeilGorsuch.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #DemocraticParty #Allies #Courts
‘All #Causes Have #Martyrs,’ Says Union #Government On Day 7 Of #MarriageEquality #Hearings
#SolicitorGeneral of #India told the #court that the #centre plans to make a #committee to consider issues of #LGBTQIA+ #community.
'Attracted to sister' parallel during #samesexmarriage #hearing gets #ChiefJustice #snub
#SolicitorGeneral #TusharMehta, representing the Centre (#Government), drew a #controversial #parallel between #samesexmarriages and #incest by presenting a #Homophobic hypothetical situation.
#Goverment on #SameSexMarriages: ‘Seeking #recognition of #relationship not #Fundamental
During the hearing, #SolicitorGeneral representing the Central #Government stated that there is ‘ no fundamental #right in seeking #recognition of a #relationship as a #marriage
'Govt Has an Obligation...' What #SupremeCourt Said on #Day6 of #MarriageEquality #Hearing
#SolicitorGeneral #TusharMehta argued that it may not be possible to get into #SMA without touching #personallaws
Explainer: #NSO petitioned the Supreme Court to hear their case (called a writ petition).
And said hey also please ask the #SolicitorGeneral for their input.
So without agreeing to hear the case yet the Supreme Court requested #JusticeDept weigh in.
Justice Dept just responded: no you should not hear the case (i.e. deny NSO's writ petition) and if you do, NSO shouldn't get immunity...
Now we wait to see what the #SupremeCourt does.
Would be pretty unusual for them to take it up now.
