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Thousands of writers will produce millions of words about President Bush’s nomination of Judge John Roberts, Jr., to replace Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the Supreme Court. Yet, there is a central fact that other writers will miss, most because they don’t know it, a handful because they fail to see its importance. Start with this fact in all the biographies of Roberts. He argued 39 cases before the Supreme Court and won 25. Some came when he was in the Solicitor General’s office, where arguing before the Court is routine. But many of them came after he left the...

According to this article, White House counsel Alberto Gonzales is the leading candidate to replace John Ashcroft as Attorney General. This column by Robert Novak, written in January 2003, suggests that Gonzales is no friend of conservatives. An excerpt: Gonzales's views on affirmative action became widely known in Washington last year when, at a meeting of the conservative Federalist Society, he announced his support of preferences.... [When he served on the Texas Supreme Court, he] had pulled the Texas court leftward, including decisions favorable to trial lawyers on tort cases. What most disturbed conservatives was his majority opinion invalidating a...

Our sources are telling us that Theodore Olson resigned today as Solicitor General of the United States. Olson's wife Barabara was a passenger on American Airlines flight 77 when Muslin extremists crashed the plane into the Pentagon during the September 11 terrorist attacks. Olson has been an able and effective advocate before the Supreme Court since President Bush appointed him as Solicitor General in 2001. We thank him for his service to the country and the rule of law, and wish him well in his future endeavors.

Just announced on Fox News. Ted Olson, solicitor General is going into private practice in July.

Print Article         Close Window     Gorelick Licked By Published 4/14/2004 12:05:12 AM His testimony is likely to be overshadowed by the president's news conference, but Attorney General John Ashcroft served notice yesterday that he is one administration player not afraid at all to go on offense against the Democratic louts on the so-called 9/11 commission. The full effect of the bombshell he dropped yesterday afternoon will take some time to settle. "The single greatest structural cause for September 11 was the wall that segregated criminal investigators and intelligence agents," he said in his stirring and air-clearing opening remarks....

<p>WASHINGTON (CNN) --The Bush administration has been asked by the nation's highest court to justify the secrecy concerning an Algerian man detained as part of a roundup of Muslim men after the September 11 terrorist attacks.</p> <p>In a brief note, the Supreme Court requested that the solicitor general file a response in the case, in which the federal government has refused to release the man's identity or even confirm the existence of the case and its circumstances. The immigrant has filed a habaes corpus appeal -- a document ordering person in custody to be brought before a court -- protesting his detention.</p>

<p>The Bush administration appealed to the Supreme Court on Wednesday to preserve the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance recited by school children.</p> <p>The reference does not amount to unconstitutional government promotion of religion, the administration's top Supreme Court lawyer wrote in a court filing that sides with a Sacramento-area school district.</p>

THE DEBATE OVER THE SOLICITOR GENERAL'S SECOND AMENDMENT SWITCH: How It Illustrates Common Misconceptions About His Constitutional Role By EDWARD LAZARUS elazarus@findlaw.com ---- Thursday, May. 16, 2002 Last week, the Solicitor General of the United States informed the Supreme Court that the Department of Justice had decided to fundamentally change its interpretation of the Second Amendment. The SG is now arguing that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess a firearm for purely personal use. Previously, DOJ had interpreted the Amendment as protecting a right to bear arms only in the context of forming or serving in a...