Ethics

Former Solicitor Generals Endorse Kagan

By Ed Brayton

In an unusual move, the last 8 people to hold the post of Solicitor General, the DOJ official who argues the government's position before the federal courts, have written a letter to Congress urging them to confirm Obama's nominee for that position, Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan.

The eight most recent solicitors general -- including immediate predecessors Gregory Garre and Paul Clement -- have joined in a letter giving strong backing to Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan, President Obama's pick for the only position in government whose occupant is required by statute to be "learned in the law."

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on February 04, 2009 (boomark / email).