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Requirement That "Private Citizens" Be Appointed From "Private Life" to the National Council for the Humanities
Because state and local public officials, including a county commissioner, are not "private citizens" who would be appointed "from private life" within the ordinary meaning of those terms in 20 U.S.C. § 957(b), such officials are disqualified from appointment to the National Council for the Humanities. 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/18836/download.
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