Every now and then, one state appears to dominate the justices’ docket with a number of cases. Texas is center stage at the U.S. Supreme Court this term in some of the most controversial cases, and its solicitor general is directing the action.
Texas solicitor general Scott Keller came into office in January 2015 and there has been no easing into the job. Nine days after taking office, Keller argued his first Supreme Court case—last term’s major housing discrimination challenge, Texas Dept. of Housing & Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project. In March, he returned to defend Texas’ refusal to issue license plates displaying the Confederate flag in Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans.
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