What is Solicitor General of the United States?
{{Infobox official post | post = Solicitor General of the United States | insignia = Flag of the United States Solicitor General.svg | insigniasize = 140 | insigniacaption = Flag of the United States solicitor general | image = | incumbent = Sarah Harris | acting = yes | incumbentsince = January 20, 2025 | department = [[United States Department of Justice]] | style = Mr. or Madam Solicitor General<br>General (in the Supreme Court) | reports_to = [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] | seat = [[United States Supreme Court Building|Supreme Court Building]] and [[Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building|Department of Justice Headquarters]] | nominator = | appointer = The [[President of the United States|President]] | appointer_qualified = with [[United States Senate|Senate]] [[advice and consent]] | constituting_instrument = {{usc|28|505}} | first = [[Benjamin Bristow]] | formation = October 1870 | deputy = [[#List of notable Principal Deputy Solicitors General|Principal Deputy Solicitor General]] | website = {{URL|https://www.justice.gov/osg|justice.gov/osg}} }} The '''United States Solicitor General''' is the fourth-highest-ranking official in the [[United States Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice]]. The United States Solicitor General is the person appointed to represent the [[federal government of the United States]] before the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]. The Solicitor General determines the legal position that the United States will take in the Supreme Court. In addition to supervising and conducting cases in which the government is a party, the office of the Solicitor General also files ''[[amicus curiae]]'' briefs in cases in which the federal government has a significant interest in the legal issue. The office of the Solicitor General argues on behalf of the government in virtually every case in which the United States is a party, and also argues in most of the cases in which the government has filed an ''amicus'' brief. ==List of solicitors general==