Office of Legal Counsel — Opinions
DOJ Office of Legal Counsel opinions — executive-branch legal guidance on constitutional and statutory questions. Sourced from justice.gov/olc.
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- June 22, 2026Department of Agriculture Preferences for “Socially Disadvantaged” Groups
- June 18, 2026Application of the Rehabilitation Act and Americans with Disabilities Act to State Institutionalization of Patients with Severe Mental Illness or Disabilities
- June 12, 2026Whether the Equal Credit Opportunity Act Creates Disparate-Impact Liability
- June 9, 2026Constitutionality of Disparate-Impact Liability Under Title VII
- May 28, 2026Whether FCC’s Lifeline Program is a Benefit Subject to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
- May 12, 2026Authority to Obtain and Share Statewide Voter Roll Data
- April 22, 2026Application of 10 U.S.C. § 191 and Section 8044 of Pub. L. No. 118-47 to the Defense Innovation Unit and Strategic Capabilities Office
- April 1, 2026Constitutionality of the Presidential Records Act
- March 17, 2026Whether a Bankruptcy Judge's Appointment of a Special Master Would Violate Article III of the Constitution
- March 3, 2026Preemptive Effect of Defense Production Act Order on State Law
- December 18, 2025Reconsidering the Authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs to Provide Abortion Services
- December 16, 2025Interpretation of “Federal Means-Tested Public Benefit” in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
- December 2, 2025Constitutionality of Race-Based Department of Education Programs
- November 19, 2025Status of the Refundable Portion of Certain Tax Credits as Federal Public Benefits
- November 7, 2025Whether the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau May Continue to Draw Funds from the Federal Reserve System Under 12 U.S.C. § 5497 When the Federal Reserve System Is Operating at a Loss
- October 23, 2025Detailing Attorneys to the Department of Justice to Serve as Immigration Judges and Special Assistant United States Attorneys
- September 26, 2025The Merit Systems Protection Board’s Authority to Adjudicate Constitutional Questions within an Administrative Proceeding
- September 18, 2025Religious Liberty Protections for Federal Employees in Light of Recent Legal Developments
- September 2, 2025Whether the Creation of Natcast Violates the Government Corporation Control Act
- July 11, 2025Reconsidering the Application of the Hyde Amendment to the Provision of Transportation for Women Seeking Abortions
- December 20, 2024Whether Congress May Use Inherent Contempt to Punish Executive Branch Officials Who Withhold Subpoenaed Materials Based on a Presidential Assertion of Executive Privilege
- September 23, 2024Validity of Congressional Subpoena That Would Prevent the Secretary of State from Fulfilling the President’s Directive to Represent the United States at a Major Diplomatic Event
- September 9, 2024Application of the Randolph-Sheppard Act to the United States Mint
- August 12, 2024The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Use of the Collateral Source Rule in Federal Sector Discrimination Cases
- June 27, 2024Allocation of Settlement Proceeds to the National Credit Union Administration
- May 29, 2024Applicability of the Federal Credit Reform Act to Political Risk Insurance of Debt Issued by the United States International Development Finance Corporation
- May 15, 2024Assertion of Executive Privilege Over Audio Recordings of the Special Counsel’s Interviews of the President and His Ghostwriter
- April 11, 2024Questions Related to the Potential Rescheduling of Marijuana
- March 26, 2024Whether the United States Postal Service Bears Responsibility for the Cost of Certain Civil Service Retirement Benefits Paid to Its Employees
- November 29, 2023Application of the Statutory Pay Cap on Administratively Determined Pay in 5 U.S.C. § 5373 to the National Science Foundation
- July 8, 2021Treasury’s Cash Balance and the August 1, 2021 Debt Limit
- December 23, 2020Unauthorized Disclosures About Prosecutorial Decision-Making and the Whistleblower Protection Act
- December 18, 2020The Logan Act
- August 28, 2020Use or Disclosure of E-mails Hacked by a Foreign Adversary
- July 16, 2020Authority to Recover Travel Payments Made in Violation of Federal Regulations
- February 27, 2020Transmission of Electoral-College Certificates by “Registered Mail”
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