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New DOJ opinion: Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional | THE GAVEL
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3:37Now PlayingThe future of presidential recordkeeping is uncertain after a Justice Department opinion signaled a major overhaul on the horizon.
DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) issued a nonbinding opinion last week that said a federal law requiring presidents to preserve and hand over presidential records to the government at the conclusion of their term is unconstitutional.
The Hill's Zach Schonfeld and Ella Lee explore all of that and more in The Gavel, their newsletter covering the courts and legal issues.
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