Reading Room Document
Constitutionality of Vesting Magistrate Judges With Jurisdiction Over Asset Forfeiture Cases
A statute vesting magistrate judges with jurisdiction over asset forfeiture cases would violate Article 111 of the Constitution. 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/20436/download.
The OLC's Opinions
Opinions published by the OLC, including those released in response to our FOIA lawsuit