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Justice Department nominee has experience with Indian law cases
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
On Monday,
President Barack Obama
nominated
Donald Verrilli
to be
Solicitor General
at the
Department of Justice
The Solicitor General handles
U.S. Supreme Court
matters for the federal government. The position is extremely important and Verrilli comes with Indian law experience.
Turtle Talk listed four cases in which Verrilli supported tribal interests. He also worked on one case in which he worked on a brief in opposition to tribal interests.
Verrilli's position requires
Senate
confirmation.
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