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Date
 | Title
 | Headnotes |
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| 2010 | ||
| 2010-November-05 | Whether the Special Master for Troubled Asset Relief Program Executive Compensation Is a Principal Officer Under the Appointments Clause (Posted 2010-November-23) | The Special Master for Troubled Asset Relief Program Executive Compensation is not a principal officer for purposes of the Appointments Clause and thus need not be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. |
| 2010-October-06 | Applicability of the Emoluments Clause and the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act to the Göteborg Award for Sustainable Development (Posted 2010-October-28) | Neither the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution nor the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act would bar an employee of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from accepting the 2010 Göteborg Award for Sustainable Development. |
| 2010-June-28 | Entitlement to Reservist Differential Pay Under the Preamendment Version of 5 U.S.C. § 5538 (Posted 2010-July-12) | Under the pre-amendment version of 5 U.S.C. § 5538, covered employees may receive reservist differential pay not only for pay periods that occur when they are serving on active duty, but also for those pay periods that fall within the additional period in which they have re-employment rights following the completion of that duty. |
| 2010-June-03 | Applicability of the Emoluments Clause to Nongovernmental Members of ACUS (Posted 2010-June-16) | A nongovernmental member of the Administrative Conference of the United States does not occupy an office of profit or trust within the meaning of the Emoluments Clause. |
| 2010-May-03 | Applicability of Tax Levies Under 26 U.S.C. § 6334 to Thrift Savings Plan Accounts (Posted 2010-June-14) | Thrift Savings Plan accounts are subject to federal tax levies under sections 6331 and 6334 of the Internal Revenue Code. |
| 2010-April-27 | Whether the Criminal Provisions of the Violence Against Women Act Apply to Otherwise Covered Conduct When the Offender and Victim Are the Same Sex (Posted 2010-June-09) | The criminal provisions of the Violence Against Women Act apply to otherwise covered conduct when the offender and victim are the same sex. |
| 2010-February-23 | Department of Justice Views on the Proposed Constitution Drafted by the Fifth Constitutional Convention of the United States Virgin Islands (Posted 2010-April-15) | The following memorandum was initially drafted in the Office of Legal Counsel at the request of the Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs. It analyzes several features of the proposed constitution of the U.S. Virgin Islands (“USVI”), including: (1) the absence of an express recognition of United States sovereignty and the supremacy of federal law; (2) provisions for a special election on the USVI’s territorial status; (3) provisions conferring legal advantages on certain groups defined by place and timing of birth, timing of residency, or ancestry; (4) residence requirements for certain offices; (5) provisions guaranteeing legislative representation of certain geographic areas; (6) provisions addressing territorial waters and marine resources; (7) imprecise language in certain provisions of the proposed constitution’s bill of rights; (8) the possible need to repeal certain federal laws if the proposed USVI constitution is adopted; and (9) the effect of congressional action or inaction on the proposed constitution. |
| 2009 | ||
| 2009-December-16 | The Attorney General's Authority in Certifying Whether a State Has Satisfied the Requirements for Appointment of Competent Counsel for Purposes of Capital Conviction Review Proceedings (Posted 2011-March-03) | Statutory provisions originally enacted as section 107(a) of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, and now codified as chapter 154 of title 28, may be construed to permit the Attorney General to exercise his delegated authority to define the term “competent” within reasonable bounds and independent of the counsel competency standards a State itself establishes, and to apply that definition in determining whether to certify that a state is eligible for special procedures in federal habeas corpus proceedings involving review of state capital convictions. |
| 2009-December-08 | Whether Subsection 104(b)(4) of the Clean Air Act Permits the Receipt of Monetary Donations (Posted 2010-February-23) | Subsection 104(b)(4) of the Clean Air Act does not permit the EPA to accept and use donations of money. Subsection 104(b)(4) of the Clean Air Act permits the EPA to accept items of personal property (other than money), such as an automobile, so long as the property in question would be received for use directly in the anti-pollution research authorized by section 104. |
| 2009-December-07 | Applicability of the Emoluments Clause and the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act to the President's Receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize (Posted 2010-April-15) | The Emoluments Clause of the Constitution does not apply to the President’s receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize. The Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act does not bar the President from accepting the Peace Prize without congressional consent. The Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act does not bar the President from accepting the Peace Prize without congressional consent. |
Updated: April 2013
