Solicitor General Prelogar Walks Fine Line With Skeptical Court

Supreme Court argument days start out the same for US Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar with a breakfast of five or six bananas.

The nation’s chief appellate lawyer said in a May public appearance that the ritual helps calm her nerves before she tries to convince at least five of the nine justices to side with the government or the position it’s defending. The difficult job has gotten tougher with a conservative-led court less inclined to side with the Biden administration.

Prelogar must be strategic and find winning arguments without hurting the government’s interests in the future. This balancing act is ...