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Application of 28 U.S.C. § 458 to Presidential Appointments of Federal Judges
Section 458 of title 28 does not apply to presidential appointments of judges to the federal judiciary. 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/20126/download.
The OLC's Opinions
Opinions published by the OLC, including those released in response to our FOIA lawsuit