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• 1/22/1965

  Public Law 88‐313‐‐Issuance of permits to alien amateur radio operators

  10/27/2020

• 1/5/1965

  Draft proposals dealing with presidential succession, a vacancy in the office of Vice President, presidential inability and the election of the President and Vice President.

  10/27/2020

• 9/16/1964

  Whether it would be appropriate to protect from discrimination on account of race, color or national origin the contractors and subcontractors on Federal‐aid highway projects and those who seek to obtain such contracts and subcontracts

  This opinion advised the Bureau of Public Roads that it could issue regulations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act prohibiting racial discrimination in Federal-aid highway projects. Although the OLC noted that it was hesitant to conclude that contractors and subcontractors fell within the protections of Title VI, it approved the Bureau’s proposed regulations because it discerned Congressional “interest” in procurement practices with respect to the Federal-aid highway system expressed in other statutes.

  5/16/2022

• 8/12/1964

  Policy prohibiting officials and employees of the Federal Government or of the Government of the District of Columbia from appearing before segregated groups

  This opinion concluded that the government had the authority, and potentially the legal obligation, to prohibit its employees from appearing before segregated groups. The OLC compared the participation of federal employees in activities promoting segregated groups to a court’s enforcement of racial covenants, which the Supreme Court concluded violated the Fourteenth Amendment in Shelley v. Kraemer.

  5/16/2022

• 7/13/1964

  Implementation of Civil Rights Act

  This memo informed the White House that the Justice Department had established a task force to review agencies’ regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. The memo also noted that the Civil Rights Division had begun investigating discrimination in public accommodations in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

  5/16/2022

• 7/1/1964

  Use of Marshals, Troops, and Other Federal Personnel for Law Enforcement in Mississippi

  The problems of using large numbers of federal civilian law enforcement personnel in Mississippi are more practical than legal. So long as they confine themselves to investigation and prosecution of federal crimes, there is no legal problem. The practical problem is whether their presence serves to aggravate the emotions of the populace or alienate local law enforcement officials. On the factual assumption that there is a complete breakdown of state law enforcement as a result of Klan activity and Klan connections with local sheriffs and deputies, the President could, as a legal matter, invoke the authority of sections 332 and 333 of title 10 to use military troops in Mississippi. There is considerable information available that could be used to support that assumption as to some areas in Mississippi. But in view of the extreme seriousness of the use of those sections, the government should have more evidence than it presently has of the inability of state and local officials to maintain law and order—as a matter of wisdom as well as of law. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/20911/download.

  7/1/1964

• 6/26/1964

  Possible Application of the Posse Comitatus Act to Use of Armed Forces in Mississippi Search

  This opinion concluded that naval forces could be used in connection with the search for civil rights activists James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman. The OLC reasoned that the Posse Comitatus Act did not apply to Navy personnel and applied only to law enforcement efforts rather than search-and-rescue operations.

  5/16/2022

• 12/26/1963

  Providing Government Films to the Democratic National Committee or Congressmen

  Government motion picture films may be made available to the Democratic National Committee or congressmen when public release is authorized by statute. In the absence of statutory authority, government films may be made available to the Committee or congressmen on a revocable loan basis if a public interest can be shown to justify such loan and if the films are available equally to other private organizations. It would be improper for any government agency to produce a film for the specific purpose of making it available to the Democratic National Committee or to congressmen. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/20801/download.

  12/26/1963

• 11/27/1963

  President's reliance on Federal judges for assistance in nonjudicial matters

  5/16/2022

• 11/19/1963

  Constitutionality of federal detention and commitment of narcotics addicts

  5/16/2022