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unusual facts about Solicitor General of the United States



Constitutional theory

William Howard Taft (b. 1858 - d. 1930), 10th Chief Justice of the United States (1921–1930); 27th President of the United States (1909–1913); Kent Professor of Constitutional Law and Legal History, Yale Law School, Yale University (1913–1921); Dean and Professor of Law, University of Cincinnati Law School; Solicitor General of the United States

Helen Herron Taft

She welcomed each step in her husband's political career: state judge, Solicitor General of the United States, and federal circuit court judge.

Institute for Law, Science and Global Security

Since its creation, the Institute has also sponsored events with a variety of other speakers, including Paul D. Clement, former Solicitor General of the United States, Bill Richardson, the Governor of New Mexico, Neal Katyal, Deputy Solicitor General of the United States and legal counsel to former detainee Salim Hamdan, and David H. Remes, a former partner at Covington & Burling and currently representing detainees in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps.

Itata Incident

The Harrison Administration appointed William Howard Taft, the US Solicitor General (and later U.S. President), and Los Angeles-based federal prosecutor Henry Gage (later Governor of California), to investigate the Itata and prosecute its crew and suppliers.

Van Orden v. Perry

An amicus curiae was presented on behalf of the respondents (the state of Texas) by then-Solicitor General Paul Clement.


see also

Bator

Paul M. Bator (1929–1989), American law professor and Deputy Solicitor General of the United States

William Bullitt

William Marshall Bullitt (1873–1957), lawyer, author and Solicitor General of the United States, notable burglary victim