Reading Room Document
Overview of the War Powers Resolution
Summary of previous Office of Legal Counsel advice concerning the War Powers Resolution for the purpose of providing guidance in future analyses of War Powers Resolution problems. 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/23691/download.
The OLC's Opinions
Opinions published by the OLC, including those released in response to our FOIA lawsuit