The Solicitor General has filed several CVSG briefs, or Calls for the Solicitor General. This is where the U.S. Supreme Court directs the Solicitor General (SG) to file a brief on whether it should or should not hear a case, usually where there is a substantial issue of federal law in which the Court is interested but where the Federal Government is not a party and its perspective would be appreciated. The SG has filed six such briefs this past week, and recommends hearing two cases. Nebraska v. Colorado is an original jurisdiction complaint where Nebraska argues that Colorado is violating a 1926 River Compact in several ways, such as by not providing the agreed-upon amount of water to flow to Nebraska, by having complicated compliance mechanisms, and by obstructing its efforts to build a canal as contemplated in the Compact. In his brief, the Solicitor General argues that the Court should hear the case but limited to only the first issue.…