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In her Justice Department office in Washington, DC, a vase holds the evidence of how busy the 48th #solicitor #general of the United States has been:

In it, a collection of quills
—an old-time souvenir the Supreme Court gives every advocate who argues there
—serves as a reminder of her nearly four years standing up for the government.

Despite this visibility and all the attention and praise she gets from people who follow the Supreme Court closely,
most Americans would be hard-pressed to name one solicitor general,
let alone explain what this government lawyer does.

It may be the most low-key influential job you’ve never heard of,
tasked with defending the United States and its interests before the high court
—the only presidentially appointed officer required to be “learned in the law.”

That qualification doesn’t exist for the attorney general or even the justices of the Supreme Court.

#ElizabethPrelogar
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/elizabeth-prelogar-solicitor-general