solicitor general, now don verrilli. that's a position that is nominated by the president, confirmed by the senate. so these typically are people who are very, very good in the legal sense but also well connected politically. so below them then you've got four deputy solicitors general, and those are folks who are experts in the issue area that's involved. and then below them, of course, you've got the staff attorneys. so what's unique about the sg's office is cases that, with which they're involved start off with the staff attorneys who are generalists, and they sort of investigate the case, they do their research, and they write as a generalist judge would want to read, right? not full of jargon and things that are technically specific. it'll get kicked up then to that next level, the deputy solicitorsgeneral, who are issues experts, and then they'll kick it up to the solicitor general. each one of these briefs and the presentations they're going to make gets filtered through generalist to expert in the issue area back

there is no problem and it donald verrilli believe this was a problem he would have standing to sue andne it. that tells you this is all show for him. he is worried because ted has a better ground game. it's been churning along for a longer time and even reporters who the talked to iowans who you were hearing from the most, it's the cruz campaign so when it comes to going after the undecided ted's consistent conservativism combined with the best ground game are thus closing arguments out there in the last three days. david: by the way new piece in the march harbor lot review says he does have standing. thank you very much for being with us, can cuccinelli. >> there was one kerman target against ted cruz. i don't know if his arms are that big. former senator scott brown is a "fox news" contributor star parker center for urban renewal founder and president. you. ted cruz was the target but a lot of people say he didn't necessarily rise to the occasion. he had the opportunity there was trump not around but i'm not sure he made the most of it. what do you think? >> it's tough to be in the b

. >> general verrilli. >> mr. chief justice, may it please the court. let me discuss why should be referred. in the first decades it has been a lot committed jurisprudence in the area of employment relations, first manager is prudence has converged in a way that fortifies its foundations and is foundations and does not erode them. but those cases are recognized in the government is acting as employer managing the work force, he should receive reasonableness review to give it the latitude comparable to the private employer to manage its workforce and not scrutiny that applies in government is a sovereign regulated to defend. second, in the four decades, more than 20 states have enacted and enforced laws that allowed the republican employers to have the same latitude that congress gave added employers to decide based on work please needs in local conditions weather agency fee requirements will help them achieve purposes for which they adopt collective bargaining and reliance goes far deeper than the 20 state laws and thousands of contract better based on

verrilli. >> the three fundamental reasons abud should be reaffirmed, the area of employment relations, in employment relations has converged in a way that fortifies its foundations. what those cases have recognized when the government is acting as employer managing the workforce, it should receive reasonableness review to give it the latitude of a private employer and not exacting scrutiny when government is a sovereign regulating the citizens. second, in those four decades, more than 20 states have enacted and enforced laws that allow the public employers in those states to have the same latitude that congress gave private employers to decide based on work place needs and local conditions whether agency fee requirements will help them achieve the purposes for which they -- for which they adopt collective bargaining and the reliance goes far deeper than those 20 state laws and the thousands of contracts affecting millions of people that are based on those laws. the agency fee requirement has woven its way into the fabric of the relationship between workers and management in the public