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Office of Legal Counsel Opinions #136

Open philipashlock opened 7 years ago

philipashlock commented 7 years ago

This suggestion was forwarded here in reference to this blog post.

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Office of Legal Counsel Opinions

The Department of Justice should update its policy to require disclosure of all opinions by default, except in certain limited circumstances. A determination to withhold publication should be made at the highest levels within the DOJ and be based upon clearly articulated rules. To the extent a document is withheld in full or in substantial part, a detailed unclassified summary of the opinion should be made available to the public in a timely way that conveys the essence of the opinion. In addition, the OLC should publish and contemporaneously update a complete list of all final opinions, indicating the title, author, subject, and date issued.