Introduction

The legal acumen of the United States Solicitor General ("SG") cannot be doubted. Invited by the United States Supreme Court to file a brief expressing the position of the United States on the Petition for a Writ of Certiorari in BG Group PLC v. Republic of Argentina, No. 12-138 , the SG might have been expected to provide thoughtful support for the Petition. The decision for which the Petition sought review, an opinion by Judge Rogers of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, determined that it was for the U.S. District Court, ...