That Roberts is a conservative Republican willing and no doubt enthusiastic to be part of Bush I, we already knew, ... We will not learn much else from any memo from his time at the solicitor general's office unless improbably a personal note from him to the attorney general was revealed.
Quotes about solicitor (16 Quotes)
I have become increasingly concerned that he's not showing a willingness or ability to be sufficiently candid and forthcoming with the Senate, ... And without that candor and without being so forthcoming, I would have difficulty in having confidence in his abilities to carry out the responsibilities of solicitor general and to be the voice of the United States.
To have the opportunity to lead the Solicitor General's office is the honor of a lifetime. As you know, this is an office with a long and rich tradition, not only of extraordinary legal skill but also of extraordinary professionalism and integrity. That is due, in large measure, to the people who have led it.
The option of solicitor advocacy came on the scene a bit too late for me.
It was already the position of his administration that Mitchell should have immunity. This is exactly what you do when you're in the solicitor general's office in cases like this. You argue for the broadest executive power position that can be argued. No one in any administration Democrat or Republican would have said anything different.
It's a real, powerfully original argument the U. S. solicitor general is making here. And Roberts is not only indisputably the fifth and controlling vote so long as Kennedy agrees with him, Roberts will control how far the Court majority chooses to take this.
And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.
You mentioned your name as if I should recognise it, but beyond the obvious facts that you are a bachelor, a solicitor, a Freemason and an asthmatic, I know nothing whatsoever about you.
It is rather unlikely that memos signed by the deputy solicitor general will be crassly or even overtly political. What is said will be said, almost certainly, in terms of supposed 'professional' judgments about what would persuade the Supreme Court.
Whenever you wish to do anything against the law, Cicely, always consult a good solicitor first.
He's comfortable as a leadership solicitor, and he's got the ability to articulate the arguments for the University of Virginia and a willingness to solicit others in its support.
It's not that there are no masters, but that there are many. And the job of the solicitor general is to balance those masters and to accommodate them all, each in their proper places, wisely and well and in so doing to represent the people of the United States.
There have been 111 Justices in the Supreme Court of the United States. Only three have been women. If she is confirmed, Solicitor General Kagan will bring the Supreme Court to an historical high-water mark, with three women concurrently serving as Justices.
I think the nine justices think the solicitor general is the 35th clerk.
Furthermore, as a number of former solicitors general from both Republican and Democratic administrations have noted, releasing internal documents would significantly compromise the ability of the solicitor general's office to obtain advice necessary in defending the American people in legal proceedings.
attest to the vital importance of candor and confidentiality in the solicitor general's decision-making process.