The OLC Recess Appointment Opinion
As predicted, there is (despite speculation to the contrary) an OLC recess appointment opinion. Here it is.
UPDATE: Josh Gerstein, Charlie Savage, and John Elwood have some details and analysis.
MORE:
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As predicted, there is (despite speculation to the contrary) an OLC recess appointment opinion. Here it is.
UPDATE: Josh Gerstein, Charlie Savage, and John Elwood have some details and analysis.
MORE: Michael McConnell concludes that the opinion “makes arguments that are not frivolous, but it seems to me the counterarguments are more powerful.”
Jack Goldsmith is the Learned Hand Professor at Harvard Law School, co-founder of Lawfare, and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Before coming to Harvard, Professor Goldsmith served as Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel from 2003-2004, and Special Counsel to the Department of Defense from 2002-2003.
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