No invitation necessary: when the solicitor general weighs in unsolicited

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by John Elwood

February 10, 2026

Updated on Feb. 12 at 11:15 a.m. For decades, the U.S. solicitor general’s most familiar role at the certiorari stage has been reactive rather than proactive: When the Supreme Court […] The post No invitation necessary: when the solicitor general weighs in unsolicited appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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Originally published on SCOTUSblog on 2/10/2026