Reading Room Document
Presidential Authority to Decline to Execute Unconstitutional Statutes
This memorandum discusses the President's constitutional authority to decline to execute unconstitutional statutes. 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/20291/download.
The OLC's Opinions
Opinions published by the OLC, including those released in response to our FOIA lawsuit