Office of Legal Counsel (OLC)

Why No “Plain Statement Rule” Bars a President’s Prosecution for Murder

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Apr 30th, 2024

Protected Persons and the ‘Geographic Nexus’ Requirement in the DoD Law of War Manual

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Feb 6th, 2024

Congress Can Curb Abuse of the Presidential Pardon Power

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Jan 2nd, 2024

The Office of Legal Counsel Discloses List of Classified Opinions in Important Step for Transparency

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Dec 21st, 2023

Inching Toward a More Transparent Office of Legal Counsel

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May 19th, 2023

The Binding Interpretation by the Office of Legal Counsel of the Laws Constraining US Engagement with the ICC (Part III)

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Feb 15th, 2023

Could Biden Face Charges? The Alberto Gonzales Precedent Says Not

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Jan 19th, 2023

Russia, the Int’l Criminal Court, and the Malign Legacy of the U.S. “War on Terror”

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Apr 1st, 2022

Time for the Biden Administration to Disavow the Dangerous Soleimani Legal Opinions

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Jan 3rd, 2022

The Broader Significance of the Justice Dep’t Opinion on Congress Obtaining Trump Tax Records

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Aug 13th, 2021

Long-Withheld Office of Legal Counsel Records Reveal Agency’s Postwar Influence

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Jul 14th, 2021

Stopping Torture: Why Professional Governance Failed, and How It Can Do Better

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May 4th, 2021

Invoking Martial Law to Reverse the 2020 Election Could be Criminal Sedition

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Dec 22nd, 2020

A Roadmap for Reform: How the Biden Administration Can Revitalize the Office of Legal Counsel

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Dec 16th, 2020

Revisiting the Office of Legal Counsel’s Override Opinion

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Nov 17th, 2020

Recently Released OLC Opinions From 1974 Shed Light on Current Legal Debates

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May 18th, 2020

The Soleimani Strike and War Powers

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Jan 6th, 2020

Selective Disclosure of OLC legal Opinions Isn’t Enough

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Dec 20th, 2019

The Real Decline of OLC

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Oct 8th, 2019

Bill Barr’s Extreme Views on War Powers Mean Congress’s Window to Stop War with Iran is Now

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May 20th, 2019

Barr’s Playbook: He Misled Congress When Omitting Parts of Justice Dep’t Memo in 1989

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Apr 15th, 2019

Why It Doesn’t Matter Whether It’d Be Constitutional to Indict Trump

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Dec 12th, 2018

Initial Reactions to OLC’s Opinion on the Whitaker Designation as “Acting” Attorney General

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Nov 15th, 2018

A Path to Prosecuting President Trump

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Jul 27th, 2018

Mueller Lacks Authority to Indict Trump

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Jul 10th, 2018

OLC’s Formal (and Remarkably Broad) Defense of the April Syria Strikes

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Jun 1st, 2018

Trump’s Subpoena Gamble: Fighting It Could Open Door to Indictment

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May 22nd, 2018

Dispelling the NYT’s “The Daily” Podcast’s Misconceptions about Mueller’s Options

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May 18th, 2018

Senate Should Vote No on ‘Torture Memo’ Author

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Aug 1st, 2017

Memo to President Obama: You Have Another Memo to Withdraw

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Dec 5th, 2016

National Security Legal Advice in the New Administration

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Nov 16th, 2016

The Obama Administration Has Embraced Legal Theories Even Broader Than John Yoo’s

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Apr 7th, 2016

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