Explaining Supreme Court policymaking in civil rights: the influence of the solicitor general, 1953-2002. From: Policy Studies Journal | Date: May 1, 2003| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2003 Policy Studies Organization. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Introduction

Seth Waxman, the former solicitor general under the Clinton administration, pondered why the solicitor general was at the "losing end of every federalism decision in the past nine years" during a speech given at Stanford University (Waxman, 2001, p. 1115). Waxman's concern about the win-loss rate of the solicitor general had less to do with whether the federalism cases were correctly decided; but rather with the question, "In federalism cases, does the Solicitor General matter?" (p. 1116). This article poses a similar substantive question: Does the solicitor ...

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