{"id":2369385,"date":"2024-11-15T10:45:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T15:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawyer-who-stood-up-for-trump-at-scotus-tapped-to-represent-his-administration-in-court\/"},"modified":"2024-11-15T10:45:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T15:45:42","slug":"lawyer-who-stood-up-for-trump-at-scotus-tapped-to-represent-his-administration-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawyer-who-stood-up-for-trump-at-scotus-tapped-to-represent-his-administration-in-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawyer Who Stood Up for Trump at SCOTUS Tapped to Represent His Administration in Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flawyer-who-stood-up-for-trump-at-scotus-tapped-to-represent-his-administration-in-court%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2369385&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President-elect\u200d Donald Trump has selected Dean John Sauer as his choice for the\u2064 position of Solicitor General of the United States. \u2062Sauer \u200bpreviously represented Trump \u2062in a significant\u2062 Supreme Court case where the Court ruled on presidential immunity. Trump praised\u200b Sauer, highlighting his accomplishments as an appellate attorney\u2062 and his experience as the\u200b Solicitor General of Missouri. Trump emphasized Sauer&#8217;s role\u2064 in winning a key\u200b Supreme Court case related to presidential immunity, which he believes is critical to countering what he \u2064calls the \u200dunconstitutional \u201cLawfare\u201d \u200cagainst his administration. Additionally, other attorneys \u2063associated \u2064with Trump, such as Todd Blanche \u200dand Emil Bove, have also been appointed to federal positions, with Blanche named as\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attorney-lin-wood-defends-ag-bill-barr-after-announces-he-is-stepping-down-trump-voters-respond\/\" title=\"Attorney Lin Wood Defends AG Bill Barr After Announces He Is Stepping Down \u2014 Trump Voters Respond\">deputy attorney general<\/a> and Bove as <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">principal\u200b associate deputy attorney general<\/a>. Trump expressed confidence \u200din\u2064 his appointments, asserting that \u200cthey would\u200c help \u200creform what\u2064 he describes as\u2063 a broken system of justice.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump has announced that the attorney who represented him in his immunity case at the U.S. Supreme Court is his choice for solicitor general.<\/p>\n<p>The office of solicitor general represents the federal government in cases before the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>Dean John Sauer defended Trump in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-free-to-learn-president-theres-no-way-education-is-going-to-go-away-in-2022\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Free to Learn President: &#039;There&#039;s No Way&#039; Education Is &#039;Going to Go Away&#039; in 2022\">precedent-setting case<\/a> in which the Supreme Court ruled a president has broad <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/top-house-democrat-issues-troubling-threat-supreme-court-justices-trump-immunity-ruling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">immunity<\/a> for official actions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;John is a deeply accomplished, masterful appellate attorney, who clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia in the United States Supreme Court, served as Solicitor General of Missouri for six years, and has extensive experience practicing before the U.S. Supreme Court and other Appellate Courts,&rdquo; Trump said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-names-dean-john-sauer-us-solicitor-general\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump taps Dean John Sauer as Solicitor General of the US: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KJluyeXK0Q\">pic.twitter.com\/KJluyeXK0Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShelbyTalcott\/status\/1857200291575120144?\">November 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  Sauer was the solicitor general of Missouri from 2017 to 2023.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Most recently, John was the lead counsel representing me in the Supreme Court in Trump v. United States, winning a Historic Victory on Presidential Immunity, which was key to defeating the unConstitutional campaign of Lawfare against me and the entire MAGA Movement,&rdquo; Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;John will be a great Champion for us as we Make America Great Again!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">John Sauer was my Solicitor General when I was Missouri Attorney General. He is a legit genius, an incredible lawyer and I&rsquo;m thrilled for him and his family<\/p>\n<p>He will be a great Solicitor General for the United States of America.&#127482;&#127480; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nYjOU4sp2b\">https:\/\/t.co\/nYjOU4sp2b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Eric_Schmitt\/status\/1857203172831384019?\">November 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  Sauer also represented Trump in a New York state appeals court in September as Trump battled a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/letitia-james-urges-appeals-court-ignore-trumps-request-not-post-lower-464m-bond\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$454 million<\/a> judgment secured by New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/11\/14\/congress\/solicitor-general-pick-00189754\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Other attorneys who have represented Trump will be moving into federal positions, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/11\/14\/g-s1-34264\/trump-blanche-deputy-attorney-general-bove-sauer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Todd Blanche, who has represented Trump in his recent legal battles, has been picked by Trump to serve as deputy attorney general. Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/god-tier-level-trolling-fetterman-reacts-matt-gaetz-news-democrats-fume-trumps-new-pick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matt Gaetz<\/a> was tapped to be attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>Blanche has been a federal prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney&rsquo;s Office in the Southern District of New York.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Todd is an excellent attorney who will be a crucial leader in the Justice Department, fixing what has been a broken System of Justice for far too long,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Incredible pick! John is a Scalia clerk, top conservative litigator, and brilliant legal mind. He represented the AZ Senate defending AZ&rsquo;s Save Women&rsquo;s Sports Act and challenging Biden&rsquo;s illegal uranium land grab. Can&rsquo;t wait for January! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WbCHvy3SIf\">https:\/\/t.co\/WbCHvy3SIf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Josh Kredit (@JoshKredit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshKredit\/status\/1857252065304621448?\">November 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Emil Bove, who has also represented Trump, has been named as principal associate deputy attorney general. 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This position involves representing the federal government in Supreme Court cases. Sauer successfully defended Trump in a landmark ruling affirming presidential immunity for official actions. Trump praised Sauer as an accomplished appellate lawyer with significant experience, including clerking for Justice Antonin Scalia and serving as Missouri&#8217;s Solicitor General from 2017 to 2023. Additionally, other attorneys who have worked with Trump are being appointed to federal roles, including Todd Blanche as deputy attorney general and Emil Bove as principal associate deputy attorney general<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2369386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sauer.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4742,6994,3634],"class_list":["post-2369385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-lawyer","tag-scotus","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sauer.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2369385"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2369389,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369385\/revisions\/2369389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2369386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2369385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2369385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2369385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}