Reading Room Document

Reappointment of United States Parole Commissioners

A statute providing for the automatic extension of the term of a Presidential appointee unconstitutionally interferes with the President's authority under the Appointments Clause. 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/23991/download.

November 2, 1987