Solicitor General

Solicitor General
The Solicitor General of the United States is in charge of representing the Government in suits and appeals in the Supreme Court and as well in lower federal trial and appellate courts in cases involving the interests of the United States. He decides what cases the Government should ask the Supreme Court to review and what position the Government should take in cases before the Court. He supervises the preparation of the Government's Supreme Court briefs and other legal documents and the conduct of the oral arguments in the Court and argues most of the important cases himself. The Solicitor General's duties also include deciding whether the United States should appeal in all cases it loses before the lower federal courts. 28 U.S.C.A. No.No. 505, 517, 518

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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