President Donald Trump said he will nominate appellate lawyer Noel Francisco to be U.S. solicitor general and serve as the administration?s top advocate at the Supreme Court.
One possibility is that the administration will appoint someone else as acting solicitor general once Francisco is formally nominated.
The solicitor general serves as the federal government?s chief courtroom lawyer, deciding what cases to appeal and what positions to take before the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court issued a compromise ruling that sidestepped the core issues and encouraged the two sides to work out their differences.
Francisco has been both deputy and acting solicitor general since Trump?s inauguration in January, though the lawyer has disqualified himself from some early cases because of the involvement of his former law firm.
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