Legal Opinion

Appointments to the Board of the Legal Services Corporation

Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel

Decided September 20, 2005Published

1Opinion of the Court

Appointments to the Board of the Legal Services Corporation The President has authority to appoint a member of the Board of the Legal Services Corporation who has been confirmed after his or her statutory term of office has expired, where the holdover provi- sion of the statute allows a member to serve until a successor is appointed. September 20, 2005 MEMORANDUM OPINION FOR THE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT On July 28, 2005, the Senate confirmed the President’s nominations of Thomas A. Fuentes and Bernice Phillips as members of the Legal Services Corporation’s Board of Directors, for terms…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
  2. Swan v. ClintonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1996
  3. Evans v. StephensCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
  4. Quackenbush v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  5. David L. Wilkinson v. Legal Services CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1996

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