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D. John Sauer

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D. John Sauer

Dean John Sauer (; born November 13, 1974) is an American lawyer who has served as the solicitor general of the United States since 2025. He previously served as solicitor general of Missouri from 2017 to 2023. In 2024, he represented Donald Trump in his successful appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in Trump v. United States.

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President
Donald Trump
Preceded by
James Layton
Governor
Eric GreitensMike Parson
Succeeded by
Josh Divine
Born
Dean John Sauer (1974-11-13) November 13, 1974 (age 51)St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Education
mw- Duke University (BA, BS)Oriel College, Oxford (BA)University of Notre Dame (MA)Harvard University (JD)

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Preceded bySarah M. HarrisActing
Preceded bySarah M. HarrisActing
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Preceded bySarah M. HarrisActing
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Solicitor General of the United States 2025–present
Legal offices
Incumbent
Legal offices
Preceded bySarah M. HarrisActing
Solicitor General of the United States 2025–present
Incumbent

References

  1. Gateway Journalism Review
    https://gatewayjr.org/d-john-sauer-scion-of-a-well-known-and-powerful-st-louis-family/
  2. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
    https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/sauer_sjq.pdf
  3. Duke
    https://alumni.duke.edu/magazine/articles/duke-university-alumni-magazine-153
  4. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/09/us/32-american-college-students-are-named-rhodes-scholars.html
  5. Laude News
    http://www.laduenews.com/business/features/ln-ten-most-interesting-john-sauer/article_6feeac21-3baa-5166-a56b-8d53230e1975.html/
  6. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/us/politics/john-sauer-solicitor-general-abortion.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
  7. "WULS: Faculty Profiles"
    https://law.wustl.edu/faculty_profiles/profiles.aspx?id=1645
  8. "UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY"
    https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/sauer_sjq.pdf
  9. Justia Dockets & Filings
    https://dockets.justia.com/docket/missouri/moedce/4:2015cv01008/140569
  10. Fox2 Now
    https://web.archive.org/web/20241202230625/https://fox2now.com/news/abuse-charges-dropped-against-st-louis-priest/
  11. "Priest to have arrest record expunged after abuse cases dropped"
    https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252164/st-louis-priest-to-have-arrest-record-expunged-after-sexual-abuse-cases-dropped
  12. KWMU
    http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/missouri-attorney-general-hawley-addresses-democrats-residency-concerns-rents-apartment#stream/
  13. Supreme Court of the United States
    http://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22O155/163322/20201210115500103_2020-12-10%20-%20Motion%20to%20Intervene%20and%20Proposed%20Bill%20of%20Complaint%20-%20Final%20With%20Tables.pdf
  14. "AG Paxton Sues Battleground States for Unconstitutional Changes to 2020 Election Laws"
    https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/ag-paxton-sues-battleground-states-unconstitutional-changes-2020-election-laws
  15. The Missouri Times
    https://themissouritimes.com/bailey-brings-on-national-conservative-figure-josh-divine-as-solicitor-general/
  16. 93.9 the Eagle
    https://939theeagle.com/missouris-new-attorney-general-to-be-sworn-in-today/
  17. National Review
    https://www.nationalreview.com/news/legal-resistance-to-biden-administration-in-doubt-as-powerhouse-ag-offices-stumble/
  18. ALAMY
    https://www.alamy.com/louisiana-department-of-justice-special-assistant-attorney-general-d-john-sauer-testifies-during-a-house-select-subcommittee-on-the-weaponization-of-the-federal-government-hearing-on-capitol-hill-july-20-2023-francis-chungpolitico-via-ap-images-image558998965.html
  19. C-SPAN
    https://www.c-span.org/video/?532581-1/district-columbia-circuit-court-oral-arguments-president-trumps-immunity-claims
  20. CNBC
    https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/09/trump-smith-face-off-in-court-on-election-case-immunity-claim.html
  21. U.S. Congress
    https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S4-1/ALDE_00000282/
  22. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/10/us/politics/trump-immunity-prosecution-assassination.html
  23. NBC News
    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/appeals-court-weighs-trumps-immunity-claim-election-interference-case-rcna132281
  24. "News: Trump announces former Rep. Doug Collins as his nominee to be Veterans Affairs secretary"
    https://x.com/PhilipWegmann/status/1857199600701980880
  25. www.congress.gov
    https://www.congress.gov/nomination/119th-congress/12/39
  26. www.justice.gov
    https://www.justice.gov/osg/staff-profile/solicitor-general-john-sauer
  27. AP News
    https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-doge-freedom-information-records-trump-14a1773b42ddad1e3367a39750a84bef
  28. Bloomberg Law
    https://archive.today/20250610114223/https://news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar-and-criminal-law/trumps-solicitor-general-again-wont-commit-to-obeying-courts
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