Legal Opinion
Reservists Committee to Stop War v. Laird
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 2, 1971No. Civ. A. 1429-70PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
GESELL, District Judge.
This case presents the discrete question whether under Article I, Section 6, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States a person may at the same time be a member of Congress and hold a commission in the Armed Forces Reserve. The meaning and effect of this constitutional provision have never before been determined by a court. There is no factual dispute, and the legal issue has been tendered on cross-motions for summary-judgment and has been fully briefed and argued.
Article I, Section 6, Clause 2 of the Constitution reads in its entirety as…
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