The Wall Street Journal reports that the president “will nominate White House lawyer Donald Verrilli as solicitor general, filling a vacancy left by Elena Kagan when she became a Supreme Court justice last year, the White House said Monday.” By picking Verrilli, the White House is passing over Neal Katyal, who has temporarily held the position since Kagan left for the Supreme Court.

Katyal, by most accounts, should’ve received the White House’s nomination for the position. So why was he passed up?

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