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A ‘Citizen Lawyer’ Gets a Standing Ovation at the Supreme Court
After a routine Supreme Court argument on Wednesday, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. asked the lawyer who had represented the government to return to the lectern.
“You have just presented your 160th argument before this court, and I understand it is intended to be your last,” the chief justice told the lawyer, Edwin S. Kneedler, who is retiring as a deputy solicitor general. “That is the record for modern times.”
Chief Justice Roberts talked a little more, with affection and high praise, thanking Mr. Kneedler for his “extraordinary care and professionalism.”
Then something remarkable happened. Applause burst out in the courtroom, and that led to a standing ovation for Mr. Kneedler, with the justices joining, too.
The tribute to Mr. Kneedler’s candor and integrity came against the backdrop of a different kind of courtroom behavior. In the early months of the second Trump administration, its lawyers have been accused of gamesmanship, dishonesty and defiance, and have been fired for providing frank answers to judges.
Edwin Kneedler, a ‘Citizen Lawyer,’ Gets a Standing Ovation at the Supreme Court
There is a quote in the article from Seth Waxman, Clinton's solicitor general. He said, “In all the years that I worked with Ed in the DoJ, I did not know his politics."
That's why he's the anti-trump. A career civil servant who went to work exhibiting integrity and above all seeking justice. I'm guessing his plans to retire were well known. Otherwise, trump would have fired him. People like Kneedler have no place in Pam Bondi's DoJ.
After a routine Supreme Court argument on Wednesday, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. asked the lawyer who had represented the government to return to the lectern.
“You have just presented your 160th argument before this court, and I understand it is intended to be your last,” the chief justice told the lawyer, Edwin S. Kneedler, who is retiring as a deputy solicitor general. “That is the record for modern times.”
Chief Justice Roberts talked a little more, with affection and high praise, thanking Mr. Kneedler for his “extraordinary care and professionalism.”
Then something remarkable happened. Applause burst out in the courtroom, and that led to a standing ovation for Mr. Kneedler, with the justices joining, too.
The tribute to Mr. Kneedler’s candor and integrity came against the backdrop of a different kind of courtroom behavior. In the early months of the second Trump administration, its lawyers have been accused of gamesmanship, dishonesty and defiance, and have been fired for providing frank answers to judges.
Edwin Kneedler, a ‘Citizen Lawyer,’ Gets a Standing Ovation at the Supreme Court
There is a quote in the article from Seth Waxman, Clinton's solicitor general. He said, “In all the years that I worked with Ed in the DoJ, I did not know his politics."
That's why he's the anti-trump. A career civil servant who went to work exhibiting integrity and above all seeking justice. I'm guessing his plans to retire were well known. Otherwise, trump would have fired him. People like Kneedler have no place in Pam Bondi's DoJ.
