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Solicitor General Noel Francisco announces departure from DOJ
Amy Howe Independent Contractor and Reporter
Posted Wed, June 17th, 2020 4:13 pm
Solicitor General Noel Francisco announces departure from DOJ
After just under three years (and three Supreme Court terms) on the job, Noel Francisco announced today that he would step down as the solicitor general of the United States, effective July 3, 2020. In a letter to President Donald Trump, Francisco wrote that he planned “to return to the private sector and spend more time with” his family.
In a statement, Attorney General William Barr described Francisco as a “principled and persuasive advocate” who “has represented the United States superbly before the Supreme Court for the past three Terms.” Barr said that he is “grateful” for Francisco’s “tireless service to his country and the Department of Justice, and I wish him well in his future endeavors.”
In his role as the federal government’s top lawyer before the Supreme Court, Francisco argued 17 cases there. He represented the Trump administration in several high-profile victories at the court, including its defense of the president’s September 2017 order – often known as the “travel ban” – restricting immigration to the United States from eight countries, most of which are predominantly Muslim; Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, in which the court ruled that government employees who are not represented by a union cannot be required to pay a fee to cover the union’s costs to negotiate a contract that applies to all employees; and Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, in which the court ruled that a baker who refused on religious grounds to create a custom cake for a same-sex wedding celebration had been treated unfairly by a state agency. The administration was on the losing side in two major cases that Francisco argued: this week’s ruling that federal employment discrimination laws protect LGBT employees; and last year’s decision that blocked the government from including a question about citizenship on the 2020 census.
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Posted Wed, June 17th, 2020 4:13 pm
Solicitor General Noel Francisco announces departure from DOJ
After just under three years (and three Supreme Court terms) on the job, Noel Francisco announced today that he would step down as the solicitor general of the United States, effective July 3, 2020. In a letter to President Donald Trump, Francisco wrote that he planned “to return to the private sector and spend more time with” his family.
In a statement, Attorney General William Barr described Francisco as a “principled and persuasive advocate” who “has represented the United States superbly before the Supreme Court for the past three Terms.” Barr said that he is “grateful” for Francisco’s “tireless service to his country and the Department of Justice, and I wish him well in his future endeavors.”
In his role as the federal government’s top lawyer before the Supreme Court, Francisco argued 17 cases there. He represented the Trump administration in several high-profile victories at the court, including its defense of the president’s September 2017 order – often known as the “travel ban” – restricting immigration to the United States from eight countries, most of which are predominantly Muslim; Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, in which the court ruled that government employees who are not represented by a union cannot be required to pay a fee to cover the union’s costs to negotiate a contract that applies to all employees; and Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, in which the court ruled that a baker who refused on religious grounds to create a custom cake for a same-sex wedding celebration had been treated unfairly by a state agency. The administration was on the losing side in two major cases that Francisco argued: this week’s ruling that federal employment discrimination laws protect LGBT employees; and last year’s decision that blocked the government from including a question about citizenship on the 2020 census.
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