Defying the Bench? What the Solicitor General’s ‘We Don’t Always Obey’ Moment Really Signals
Streamlined Narrative During oral arguments on birth-right citizenship, the pivotal exchange had nothing to do with the Fourteenth Amendment. Justice Amy Coney Barrett asked Solicitor General John Sauer whether the administration must follow a federal-appellate ruling that strikes down a presidential order. Sauer replied that the Justice Department “generally” abides circuit precedent but “not necessarily