Reading Room Document

Appointment of Former or Sitting Members of Congress to Civil Offices Created by Congress at the Time Such Persons Were Congressmen

Judges—Members of Congress—Constitutional Restriction on Appointment (Article I, § 6, cl. 2)—Omnibus Judgeship Bill (28 U.S.C. § 133, as amended) 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/21806/download.

December 21, 1978