On the Monday after Thanksgiving, the New York Times published a lengthy article about turnover and partisanship in the Solicitor General's Office. Yet, there is very little new information. In April, the Washington Post reported on departures from OSG after Trump took office, and that there were now two principal deputies. The Times adds that the Office brought on several new assistants who (gasp!) clerked for Justices Kavanaugh and Barrett. But in the end, there is not even a hint that there is dissension within the office.
So far, people familiar with the office said the turnover had not affected morale; Mr. Kneedler and other recently departed attorneys returned for a recent happy hour with their former colleagues.
In 2024, I wrote about how there was some dissatisfaction with how Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar was taking more than her fair share of oral arguments. There were also departures. But Prelogar was praised with glamor shots.
