October 29, 2021 at 10:25 a.m. EDT
The Senate confirmed Elizabeth Prelogar as solicitor general Thursday. The vote was 53 to 36.
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Elizabeth B. Prelogar as solicitor general, the federal government’s top advocate at the Supreme Court.
Prelogar, a veteran appellate attorney, is the second woman to hold the position and will lead the office at a time when the high court is weighing hotly contested issues, including abortion and gun rights in just the next week.
Following her confirmation on a vote of 53 to 36, Prelogar will be in position Monday to represent the Biden administration at the Supreme Court in its challenge to the nation’s most restrictive abortion law, which bars the procedure in Texas after about six weeks into pregnancy.
Prelogar was an adviser to special counsel Robert S. Mueller III during his investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election. [Democrats take careof their own!]
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“The Mind of Modern Russia: Historical and Political Thought of Russia’s Great Age.” Edited by Hans Kohn. (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. 1955. Pp. xii, 281. $5.50.) - …
Had a course from Hans Kohn. It was truly memorable and led to a lifetime romance with 19th Century Russian literature.
Christina Hull Paxson has served as Brown University’s 19th president and professor of economics and public policy since July 1, 2012.
Under Paxson’s leadership, Brown has fortified its standing as a leading research university [that’s a laugh] known for its excellence and innovation in undergraduate education, its transformational vision in fueling economic development through community and government partnerships, and its commitment to inclusion and access. [blah, blah, blah]
“New York Man, later identified as Richard Philip Brothers, 63, of Syracuse.... Can’t New York people stay home? They fouled their stinking nest, and now they go elsewhere to do the same.
In its ranking of the Best Global Universities, U.S. News and World Report lists Virginia Commonwealth University among the top 20% in the world, tied at No. 439 out of 2,165 public and private institutions in the U.S. and more than 90 other countries. Better yet, just close it down.