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Solicitor General

Energy efficiency

Solicitor General Asks Supreme Court to Eighty-Six Energy Conservation Rule

The Trump Administration is refusing to defend a D.C. Circuit decision upholding a flawed energy conservation ruie.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 4.29.2026 12:21 PM

Birthright Citizenship

The Birthright Citizenship Question that Stumped the Solicitor General

It was surprising that the Solicitor General did not appear to have thought much about the extent of Congress' legislative power under Section 5.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 4.9.2026 12:36 PM

Supreme Court

Solicitor General Urges Review of FIFRA Preemption

The Department of Justice sides with Monsanto on whether federal law preempts state-law duty-to-warn suits against pesticide manufacturers, setting up an important test of the Court's view of federal preemption.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.2.2025 9:45 AM

Solicitor General

A Conversation with Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar

One of the nation's finest oral advocates discusses representing the United States in the Supreme Court and other topics.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 9.15.2024 10:42 AM

Supreme Court

Is It Unamicable to Reject the Argument of a Friendly Amicus Brief?

The Solicitor General rejects an academic argument offered in defense of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 10.4.2023 9:08 AM

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The Federal Government Can't Seem to Decide How the CFPB Is Funded

The Solicitor General's brief defending how the CFPB is funded contradicts what the agency and others have said in the past.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.6.2022 9:29 AM

Precedent

The Solicitor General Says It Is Not "Ever Too Late" to Get A Statute Right

Is the federal government giving up on statutory stare decisis?

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.29.2022 6:21 PM

Supreme Court

Supreme Court Refuses to Intervene in "Public Charge" Case -- For Now

The Biden Administration's effort to moot challenges to the Trump Administration's "public charge" rule scores an initial (yet potentially temporary) victory.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 4.26.2021 8:43 PM

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