Reading Room Document

Application of 5 U.S.C. 3110 to Two Proposed Appointments by the President to Advisory Committees

This opinion concludes that the federal anti-nepotism statute prohibits President Obama from appointing his brother-in-law to the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and his half-sister to the President's Commission on White House Fellowships. 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/1009476/download.

September 17, 2009