Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States, Advising the President and Heads of Departments, in Relation to Their Official DutiesW.H. & O.H. Morrison, 1941 |
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... department is under no duty to question or to inquire into the constitutional power of the Congress . There can rarely be proper occasion for the rendition of an opinion by the Attorney General upon the constitutionality of a measure ...
... department is under no duty to question or to inquire into the constitutional power of the Congress . There can rarely be proper occasion for the rendition of an opinion by the Attorney General upon the constitutionality of a measure ...
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... department , " within the con- templation of the statute under which the heads of the departments are authorized to require my opinion ( U. S. C. , title 5 , sec . 304 ) . This provision has been long construed as limiting the scope of ...
... department , " within the con- templation of the statute under which the heads of the departments are authorized to require my opinion ( U. S. C. , title 5 , sec . 304 ) . This provision has been long construed as limiting the scope of ...
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... department and those of the executive department- and that when an act like this , of general application , is passed it is the duty of the executive department to admin- ister it until it is declared unconstitutional by the courts ...
... department and those of the executive department- and that when an act like this , of general application , is passed it is the duty of the executive department to admin- ister it until it is declared unconstitutional by the courts ...
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... department . Very few have discussed con- stitutional authority in sweeping terms . I shall not further attempt to distinguish or classify these prior opinions , but they are to be sharply distinguished from the one asked for in the ...
... department . Very few have discussed con- stitutional authority in sweeping terms . I shall not further attempt to distinguish or classify these prior opinions , but they are to be sharply distinguished from the one asked for in the ...
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United States. Department of Justice. however , properly deal with matters concerning conformity to statutory ... departments upon the questions of law which , in the administration of their re- spective Departments , they are required to ...
United States. Department of Justice. however , properly deal with matters concerning conformity to statutory ... departments upon the questions of law which , in the administration of their re- spective Departments , they are required to ...
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