Reading Room Document

The Appointment of the President’s Son to a Position on the White House Staff

This opinion concludes that President Carter cannot appoint his son to an unpaid White House staff position, affirming a past OLC opinion dealing with the similar proposed appointment of Mrs. Carter. 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 https://justice.gov/olc/page/file/1009456/download.

March 15, 1977