Opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel: Consisting of Selected Memorandum Opinions Advising the President of the United States, the Attorney General and Other Executive Officers of the Federal Government in Relation to Their Official Duties, Volume 13, 1989

• NCJ Number: 141887
• Date Published: 1989
• Length: 475 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Justice
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Legislation/Policy Description
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This report presents 49 selected memorandum opinions of the U.S. Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel issued in 1989 regarding the official duties of Federal executive officers, including the President and the Attorney General.

Abstract

Of the opinions particularly relevant to criminal justice policy, the Office of Legal Counsel addressed the authority of the Inspector General to conduct regulatory investigations, the authority of the State Department to issue U.S. passports to aliens to facilitate U.S. law enforcement and intelligence operations, and congressional request for information from inspectors general concerning open criminal investigations. Other criminal justice issues pertain to the use of the National Guard to support drug interdiction in the District of Columbia, the authority of the FBI to conduct background investigations for Congress, legal authority for Customs Service's Operation PALADIN, and the authority of the FBI to override customary or other international law in the course of extraterritorial law enforcement activities. Remaining criminal justice-related opinions concern the use of military drug-detecting dogs by civilian law enforcement personnel, garnishment of compensation payable by the Department of Veterans Affairs under the Child Support Enforcement Act, and the extraterritorial effect of the Posse Comitatus Act.