On 2/26/2025, in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this morning, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley introduced fellow Missourian, John Sauer—a former colleague of the Senator—whom President Donald Trump has tapped to be the next U.S. Solicitor General, the nation’s top appellate attorney. Senator Hawley spoke of Sauer’s Missouri roots and described their work together at the Missouri Attorney General’s office beginning in 2017.

“I was elected Attorney General of the state of Missouri, and the Missouri Attorney General’s office, at that time, did not have an office of the Solicitor General, and I thought it was important to create one . . . I couldn’t think of anybody better—of all the attorneys that I’d had the privilege of working with—than John,” said Senator Hawley.

Senator Hawley also questioned Harmeet Dhillon, President Trump’s choice for U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, on the need to protect Americans’ expression of faith after four years of disregard for religious liberties during the Biden Administration. “Will you commit to stopping the disparate treatment of Americans on the basis of religious faith that we have seen in the last four years?” he asked.

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