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American lawyer

Scott G. Stewart
Solicitor General of Mississippi
Incumbent
Assumed office
2021
Preceded byKristi Haskins Johnson
Attorney GeneralLynn Fitch
Personal details
EducationPrinceton University (BA)
Stanford University (JD)

Scott G. Stewart is an American lawyer serving as the solicitor general for the state of Mississippi since 2021. He is widely known for arguing and winning in the landmark case Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization before the U.S. Supreme Court. Prior to that, he clerked for 9th Circuit Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain and Justice Clarence Thomas prior to working for the Department of Justice under Donald Trump where he took aggressive anti-abortion stances.

References

  1. Perlis, Wicker. "Mississippi judge hears attempt to keep abortion legal. No decision yet". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  2. "Scott Stewart wasn't well known in the antiabortion world. Now he's leading the charge to overturn Roe at the Supreme Court". The Washington Post. November 9, 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  3. Heyward, Giulia (December 1, 2021). "Scott Stewart, the lawyer representing Mississippi, was at the center of a 2017 abortion controversy". The New York Times. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  4. "SOLICITOR GENERAL". Retrieved June 1, 2023.


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