Legal Opinion
Appointment of Members of the National Commission on Neighborhoods
Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel
Decided July 28, 1977Published
1Opinion of the Court
July 28, 1977 77-45 MEMORANDUM OPINION FOR THE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT National Commission on Neighborhoods— Appointment of Members This memorandum responds to your request for our opinion on the meaning of the phrase “members of the same political party” in § 203(b) of the National Neighborhood Policy Act,
Pub. L. No. 95-24, 91
Stat. 57, establishing the National Commission on Neighborhoods. The perti nent language reads as follows: The two members appointed pursuant to clause (1) may not be members of the same political party, nor may the two members appointed pursuant to clause (2) be…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Williams v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Bridges v. WixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Galvan v. PressSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Killian v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States v. ShireySupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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