Legal Opinion
In Re Request of the Governor for an Opinion of the Justices
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided July 9, 2010No. 320, 2010Published
1Opinion of the Court
To The Honorable Jack Markell, Governor of the State of Delaware:
We respond to your May 28, 2010 letter requesting our opinions whether you may serve on the National Assessment Governing Board without effectively resigning the office of Governor of the State of Delaware, under Article III, Section 11 of the Delaware Constitution of 1897, which proscribes your accepting an “office under the United States.” 1 The Federal Secretary of Education has appointed you to the Governing Board, which advises the Federal Commissioner of Education Statistics on procedures to collect and disseminate…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Morrison v. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Edmond v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- State Ex Rel. Herbert v. FergusonOhio Supreme Court · 1944
- State ex rel. Biggs v. CorleySupreme Court of Delaware · 1934
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