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Office of Legal Counsel

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The Office of Legal Counsel is a part of the United States Department of Justice.

Duties

(from the official website) The Office drafts legal opinions of the Attorney General and also provides its own written opinions and oral advice in response to requests from the Counsel to the President, the various agencies of the executive branch, and offices within the Department. Such requests typically deal with legal issues of particular complexity and importance or about which two or more agencies are in disagreement. The Office also is responsible for providing legal advice to the executive branch on all constitutional questions and reviewing pending legislation for constitutionality.

All Executive orders and proclamations proposed to be issued by the President are reviewed by the Office of Legal Counsel for form and legality, as are various other matters that require the President's formal approval.

In addition to serving as, in effect, outside counsel for the other agencies of the executive branch, the Office of Legal Counsel also functions as general counsel for the Department itself. It reviews all proposed orders of the Attorney General and all regulations requiring the Attorney General's approval. It also performs a variety of special assignments referred by the Attorney General or the Deputy Attorney General.

The Office of Legal Counsel is not authorized to give legal advice to private persons.

Leaders

On June 23, 2005, President Bush nominated Steven Gill Bradbury as the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Office of Legal Counsel, replacing Jack Landman Goldsmith III.

External Link

Retrieved from "http://localhost../../../o/f/f/Office_of_Legal_Counsel_0dff.html"

This page was last modified 20:00, 7 February 2006 by dKosopedia user Corncam. Content is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.


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