J. Matthew Rice’s novel path to the law that included two seasons as a minor league baseball player lands him at the US Supreme Court lectern for the first time in one of the term’s most high-profile cases.
The former engineering student and pro ballplayer will argue on Wednesday as Tennessee’s solicitor general in support of his home state’s ban on certain medical treatments for transgender minors in United States v. Skrmetti.
Promoted to solicitor general last March, the Johnson City native’s legal resume has many hallmarks of the advocates that argue before the justices.
He graduated first in ...
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