In re Sundlun

To His Excellency Bruce G. Sundlun, Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

In fulfillment of our constitutional obligations to advise you on questions of law that relate to your official duties as the head of a coordinate branch of government, the undersigned forward this communication to you as a reply to your recent inquiry whether your current membership on the board of directors of the Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT) constitutes the holding of an “office under the government of the United States” within the meaning of article III, section 6, of the…