The Solicitor General and Federal Litigation
Author | : James Louis Cooper |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 630 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Government litigation |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : James Louis Cooper |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 630 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Government litigation |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Rebecca Salokar |
Publisher | : Temple University Press |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 1994-07 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9781566392600 |
A frequently overlooked institution of American politics, the Office of the Solicitor General is responsible for all litigation before the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the executive branch. In carrying out this task, the solicitor general is also an advisor to the justices and a gatekeeper, controlling a large portion of litigation that reaches the Court's docket. Rebecca Salokar studies this office and shows that, with the increased politicization of the Justice Department, the work of the nation's lawyer is an integral component of executive policy-making. Paying particular attention to the selection of solicitors general and the political and legal environment in which they functioned, Salokar analyzes all Supreme Court cases in which the government was a participant from 1959 through 1986. Her interviews with several former solicitors general and members of their staffs provide contextual examples to support the statistical analyses. She demonstrates that this office can and does shape policy questions for the United States. While the relationship between the judicial and executive branches has been defined traditionally through the nomination of justices to the Court, Salokar reveals that another, more frequently used, link between the two branches exists in the Office of the Solicitor General. Author note: Rebecca Mae Salokar is Associate Professor of Political Science at Florida International University.
Author | : Richard Jr. Pacelle |
Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 361 |
Release | : 2003-03-04 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1585442348 |
At the intersection of law and politics stands the U.S. Solicitor General. Although even the informed public rarely thinks of the solicitor general in relation to the major issues that have challenged American society, this office actually has considerable control over the cases the Supreme Court addresses. To bring the Office of Solicitor General (OSG) out of the shadows and into the clear light of public attention, Between Law and Politics looks at three hotly contested policy areas—race, gender, and reproductive rights—to see how the office balances the goals of the president, Congress, and the Supreme Court. The OSG is charged with helping the Supreme Court build a coherent doctrine and imposing some stability on the law. At the same time, the solicitor general is a presidential appointee. Deciding which cases to appeal, arguing those cases before the Supreme Court, and filing friendofthecourt briefs means the solicitor general plays an important role in furthering the policy objections of the current administration. Therein lies the tension between law and politics that is at the heart of the calculations the solicitor general makes on a daily basis. Using interviews with solicitors general and their staffs, members of the Department of Justice, and others, and analyzing Supreme Court cases beginning with the Truman administration, Richard Pacelle shows how the OSG balances the competing forces in its environment. His analysis is undergirded by aggregate analysis of the data gathered. This detailed and systematic study will be of great interest to those who study the Supreme Court, the presidency, and public policy. It is unique in its close examination of a number of particular areas of law and the strength and persuasiveness of its analysis of the competing constituencies that face the Office of the Solicitor General. The timeliness and controversial nature of the policy areas Pacelle examines give the book further importance to students of American politics.
Author | : James L. Cooper (Jr.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Government litigation |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Ryan C. Black |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2012-04-30 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1107015294 |
This book examines whether and how the Office of the Solicitor General influences the United States Supreme Court. Combining archival data with recent innovations in the areas of matching and causal inference, the book finds that the Solicitor General influences every aspect of the Court's decision making process.
Author | : United States. Department of Justice. Office of Legal Counsel |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 522 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Conflict of interests |
ISBN | : |
Consisting of selected memorandum opinions advising the President of the United States, the Attorney General, and other executive officers of the Federal Government in relation to their official duties.
Author | : United States. Department of Justice |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Justice, Administration of |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Lincoln Caplan |
Publisher | : Alfred A. Knopf |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : |
Of all the nation's public officials, the Solicitor General is the only one required by statute to be "learned in the law." Although he serves in the Department of Justice, he also has permanent chambers in the Supreme Court. The fact that he keeps offices at these two distinct institutions underscores his special role.
Author | : United States. Department of Justice. Office of the Attorney General |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Justice, Administration of |
ISBN | : |