Hey, it's Harry. Happy New Year, everybody. This week we expect Joe Biden to announce

his selections for top DOJ brass, including Solicitor General. So we're going an air

and episode. We recorded about a year ago at George Washington University on that position

that previously was available only to our Patreon listeners. We'll be back next week with

a brand new episode. And don't forget to catch up with our episode from last week on the

Georgia elections before Tuesday's all-important run-offs. And now I give you the very model

of a modern Solicitor General. Welcome back to Talking Feds, a prosecutor's round table

that brings together prominent former federal officials for a dynamic discussion of the

most important legal topics of the day. I'm Harry Littman. I'm a former United States

Attorney and Deputy Assistant Attorney General. We're here all week in Washington, D.C. coinciding

with the opening of the first impeachment hearings in the generation to tape a series

of podcast episodes in front of a live audience just blocks from the White House. All this,

thanks to our gracious hosts at George Washington University Law School.

I general mission of Talking Feds is to explain the goings on within the Department of Justice,

between the Department of Justice and Congress, between the Department of Justice and the White

House. So much of the last three years have centered there, but coverage doesn't often

allow for a step back and an explanation. And today is a key example. We've heard a lot

in the last few years about the position of the Solicitor General. Maybe even heard

some basics. The Solicitor General is the Executive Ranch's Glouyer in the Supreme Court.

The Solicitor General is the fourth in command at the Department of Justice. The Solicitor

General by statute is learned in the law. We're going to try to explain this office more

or it has huge importance in the development of constitutional law. The relations between

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