Sentences with phrase «former solicitor general»

It includes Christine Arguello, a Mexican - American appointed a U.S. district judge by President Bush last year; Ruben Castillo, a Mexican - American who has been a federal district judge for 15 years; Nora Demleitner, Hofstra Law dean; JoAnne Epps, Temple Law dean; Caitlin Halligan, former solicitor general of New York, now in private practice; Johnnie Rawlinson, 9th Circuit judge; and Patricia Timmons - Goodson, North Carolina Supreme Court justice.

Then, amid protest by gay rights groups, King & Spalding withdrew from the case, triggering former solicitor general Paul Clement (who brought the case to the firm) to resign from the firm's partnership.

Grayling was criticised by lawyers on his own benches however, including former attorney general Dominic Grieve and former solicitor general Edward Garnier, the latter of whom told the justice secretary the public interest clause was «moderately nonsensical».

«It's totally unsurprising,» said Charles Fried, a Harvard law professor and former solicitor general during the Reagan administration.

Then there is the theory that the rise in the last 20 years or so of the specialized Supreme Court bar — appellate litigators who frequently argue before the justices, including several former solicitors general — has been a counterweight to the quality of the representation that the solicitor general's office provides.

As for a Democratic president, Eisler describes former solicitor general Seth Waxman as «the next justice in waiting,» while Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan is the «almost certain top choice replacement for Ruth Bader Ginsburg.»

The barrister and former solicitor general does not share the concerns of the Bar Council over the lack of measures to protect the safety and confidentiality of sources and whistle - blowers or those seeking legal representation, in the bill dubbed the Snoopers» Charter, which gives greater powers of surveillance to the police and security services.

Former solicitor general Paul Clement, now a partner at Bancroft, argued on behalf of the House Republicans that Congress is entitled to establish uniform rules for federal benefits — even if they differ from state definitions.

«The former solicitor general and current interim attorney general is a Cuomo appointee, the inspector general is a Cuomo appointee, the head of (the Joint Commission on Public Ethics) is a Cuomo appointee and every other constitutional branch of government outside of the U.S. attorney has shrunk from their responsibility under the weight of Cuomo coercion.

Vera Baird - Labour The former solicitor general Vera Baird lost her Redcar constituency to the Liberal Democrats by 13,741 to 18,955 - one of the biggest swings of the election.

There's half a chance the SNP could abstain to draw attention to their separatist agenda - in this case manifesting itself in the form of Lord McCluskey, the former solicitor general who is carrying out a review of the Leveson recommendations north of the border.

Oliver Heald, the former solicitor general, will receive the more modest domestic KBE.

«In the wake of the Cabinet reshuffle last autumn, Downing Street suddenly announced that several ex-ministers had been rewarded with knighthoods (including the sacked farming minister, James Paice, the former solicitor general, Edward Garnier, and two former defence ministers, Nick Harvey and Gerald Howarth).

He's a Cuban - American, Princeton educated and a former solicitor general of Texas who has the tea party firmly in his corner after defeating Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in a primary in which Cruz was viewed as the underdog.

(Elena Kagan, a former solicitor general for the Obama Administration, recused herself.)

But behind the students stand a Silicon Valley technology magnate [David Welch] who is financing the case and an all - star cast of lawyers that includes Theodore B. Olson, the former solicitor general of the United States [and George W. Bush's former Solicitor General], who recently won the Supreme Court case that effectively overturned the state's ban on same - sex marriage.»

They're financially backed by David Welch, a Silicon Valley tech magnate, and are represented by a team of high - profile lawyers, including Theodore B. Olson, the former solicitor general of the United States.

His lawyer, Neal Katyal — a former solicitor general under Obama, who also represented the state of Hawaii in a challenge to Trump's travel ban — has asked the Supreme Court to consider whether the death penalty as a whole is unconstitutional.

The Torture (Damages) Bill, introduced by Lord Archer of Sandwell, a former solicitor general and president of Amnesty International, was given a second reading in the House of Lords on 16 May.

Leahy noted that Adegbile's nomination drew praise from appellate lawyer Paul Clement of Bancroft, a former solicitor general under President George W. Bush.

During the debate, Conservative MP Edward Garnier, a former solicitor general, predicted the Bill would become «the object of derision and ridicule».