Senate confirms Elizabeth Prelogar as solicitor general

Background: Prelogar is a Harvard Law graduate and previously clerked for Attorney General Merrick Garland when he was a judge on the D.C. Circuit Court.

• She also clerked for Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan — the first woman to be solicitor general.
• Prelogar spent five years as an attorney in the solicitor general's office, wherein she argued seven cases before the Supreme Court as an appellate attorney, per CNN.
• She also served on the staff of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller during the investigation into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.
• Prelogar has been the acting solicitor general since January. In August, President Biden nominated her to permanently fill the position.