Legal Opinion
Presidential Discretion to Delay Making Determinations Under the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991
Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel
Decided November 16, 1995Published
1Opinion of the Court
Presidential Discretion to Delay Making Determinations Under the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 The President is required to make a determination that would trigger sanctions under the Chemical and Biological W eapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 if he is presented with sufficient evidence to compel the determination. The President may delay making a determination that would trigger sanctions under the Act when the delay is necessary to protect intelligence sources or methods used in counter-proliferation activi ties. The President…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. SawyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- New York Times Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Webster v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Chicago & Southern Air Lines, Inc. v. Waterman Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Field v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
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