solicitor general
noun
plural solicitors general
: a law officer appointed primarily to assist an attorney general
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Scott Stewart, Mississippi’s solicitor general, defended the post-Election Day ballot-counting law, saying Congress did not block the counting of late-arriving ballots with its uniform election date.
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Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
An agreement halting the executions of nine Georgia inmates on death row during the coronavirus pandemic shouldn’t keep them alive anymore, the state’s solicitor general argued Wednesday to the Georgia Supreme Court, the AJC’s Rosie Manins reports.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Its legal team includes the former solicitor general of California, who has argued multiple cases before the Supreme Court, as well as the top national-security lawyer in Biden’s White House—who, incidentally, has a doctorate in war studies.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
Of 140 complaints filed with the commission in 2025, only three related complaints about the same solicitor general in a rural county, were not dismissed.
—CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
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Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
An agreement halting the executions of nine Georgia inmates on death row during the coronavirus pandemic shouldn’t keep them alive anymore, the state’s solicitor general argued Wednesday to the Georgia Supreme Court, the AJC’s Rosie Manins reports.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Its legal team includes the former solicitor general of California, who has argued multiple cases before the Supreme Court, as well as the top national-security lawyer in Biden’s White House—who, incidentally, has a doctorate in war studies.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
Of 140 complaints filed with the commission in 2025, only three related complaints about the same solicitor general in a rural county, were not dismissed.
—CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
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