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Possible Appointment of Mrs. Carter as Chairman of the Commission on Mental Health
This opinion concludes that President Carter cannot appoint his wife to chairmanship of the Commission on Mental Health due to the federal anti-nepotism statute, regardless of whether she would receive compensation. 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/1009451/download.
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