Legal Opinion
Authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to Order the Closing of Certain Streets Located Along the Perimeter of the White House
Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel
Decided May 12, 1995Published
1Opinion of the Court
Authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to Order the Closing of Certain Streets Located Along the Perimeter of the White House
18 U.S.C. §3056
grants the Secretary of the Treasury broad authority to take actions that are necessary and proper to protect the President, including the authority to order the closing o f certain streets located along the perimeter o f the White House. M ay 12, 1995 M e m o r a n d u m O p in io n for th e G eneral C oun sel D epartm ent o f th e T reasury This is in response to your request for a legal opinion from the Office of Legal Counsel (“ OLC” ) on whether…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Watts v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- A Quaker Action Group v. Walter J. HickelCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- City of Santa Clara v. AndrusCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- White House Vigil for the Era Committee v. William P. Clark, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
10 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.