Solicitor general
CLEP American Government, Chapter 16 Solicitor general The solicitor general, an officer in the Department of Justice, supervises much of the federal government's Supreme Court litigation. The office decides which adverse federal judgments the government will ask the Court to review, represents the United States in many argued cases, and may file briefs expressing the […]
Strict and broad construction
CLEP American Government, Chapter 16 Strict and broad construction Strict construction favors a relatively narrow reading of legal language; broad construction permits a more expansive reading of governmental power or protected rights. These labels are too crude to identify a complete method. A judge may read one clause narrowly because of its text and another […]
