usdoj.gov - 1/5/2009
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The original Statutory Authorization Act of June 22, 1870, states, " There shall be in the Department of Justice an officer learned in the law, to assist the Attorney General in the performance of his duties to be called the Solicitor General. " The Office of the Solicitor General is tasked to ...
usaservice.org - 1/7/2009
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General Colin L. Powell Announces USAservice.org General Colin
L. Powell, USA (Ret.), and the Presidential Inaugural Committee
just unveiled President-elect Obama’s “Renew America Together” initiative, asking all Americans to make an ongoing ...
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prospect.org - 1/5/2009
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The latest news from the Transition Office :
We have sub-cabinet Justice Department nominees -- bios after
the jump: Today, President-elect Barack Obama announced that he intends to nominate the following individuals for key posts at the United ...
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TRANSITION TO JUSTICE.
boston.com - 1/5/2009
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By Sasha Issenberg, Globe Staff Elena Kagan, Harvard
law school's dean, will be the new solicitor general,
President-elect Barack Obama's transition office announced. She will be Obama's voice at the US Supreme Court, and she has been considered a ...
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Kagan nominated for solicitor general
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Obama names first woman solicitor general.
Think Progress —
... Today, the Obama transition team sent out a release announcing several key Justice Department positions, including Harvard Law School dean Elena Kagan as Solicitor General. Kagan will be the first woman to serve permanently in this important post, which is tasked with conducting “all litigation on behalf of the United States in the Supreme Court, and to supervise the handling of litigation in the federal appellate courts. Kagan previously served in the White House during the Clinton administration, as Associate Counsel to the President, Deputy Assistant the the President ...
Obama names Elena Kagan as Solicitor General
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President-elect Obama has named Elena Kagan, Harvard Law School dean, as Solicitor General.
From Think Progress:
Kagan will be the first woman to serve permanently in this important post, which is tasked with conducting "all litigation on behalf of the United States in the Supreme Court, and to supervise the handling of litigation in the federal appellate courts. Kagan previously served in the White House during the Clinton administration, as Associate Counsel to the President, Deputy Assistant the the ...
Obamarama Transitionalicious-a-Go-Go Continues...
Shakesville —
... Kagan will be the first woman to serve permanently in this important post, which is tasked with conducting "all litigation on behalf of the United States in the Supreme Court, and to supervise the handling of litigation in the federal appellate courts." ...
Today in Congress
Daily Kos —
... This is one of those rare occasions where you get more of your money's worth from the Senate schedule than the House. They'll finally finish up the public lands omnibus, Crossword Tommy Coburn having successfully burned up the whole week on his personal crusade to... do some kind of crap. I don't know what it was, exactly, and I do this for a living. Then, they'll get to the nomination of the Solicitor General, which is always good news. ...
"Republicans in Senate Lower Expectations of a Court Fight"
How Appealing —
... Monday in The New York Times. Meanwhile, in today's newspaper, Eric Lichtblau has a profile of Solicitor General Elena Kagan headlined " ...
Sotomayor's first interview
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