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The Solicitor General works within the United States Department Of Justice ; he or she is nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate . Among lawyers and jurists, the office of United States Solicitor General is generally considered to be the highest office for a practicing lawyer in the United States. TRADITIONS The office of Solicitor General was founded in 1870 , and some traditions have been established. Whenever the Solicitor General argues a case before the Supreme Court he continues to wear late 19th Century style dress, with striped pants, grey ascot, vest, and a cutaway Morning Coat , making him a very distinctive sight in the courtroom. There has never been a female Solicitor General, so it is unclear what sort of dress a woman holding the office would wear before the court. Another, very substantive, tradition (that is possibly unique in United States) is the Solicitor General's right and practice of made such a confession in January 2005 regarding a law prohibiting the display of Marijuana policy reform ads in Public Transportation . Clement stated in a letter to Congress that "the government does not have a viable argument to advance in the statute's defense." SOLICITORS GENERAL SINCE 1870 EXTERNAL LINK |
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