NYT:

On a spring evening earlier this year, more than a hundred lawyers and guests filled the Justice Department’s Great Hall to mark the end of an era.

The invitation-only event celebrated the retirement of Edwin S. Kneedler, who over a 46-year career in the Office of the Solicitor General, had argued 160 cases on behalf of the government before the Supreme Court — a modern record.

Standing in front of statues depicting the “Spirit of Justice” and the “Majesty of Law,” speakers praised the traditionally fierce independence of the solicitor general’s office, the elite unit inside the Justice Department that represents the federal government before the justices. But some in the crowd grew uneasy, as the event’s theme served as a striking contrast to a shift underway since President Trump

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