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Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel

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Jan 16, 2026
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What specific provisions of the Insurrection Act limit a president’s power to deploy federal troops domestically?

The Insurrection Act’s statutory text and long-standing executive and judicial practice constrain presidential power by spelling out three discrete triggers for federal military deployment—state reque...

Dec 17, 2025
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Under what legal authority did the Obama administration approve drone strikes without explicit congressional authorization?

The Obama administration relied chiefly on two legal pillars to authorize drone strikes without a new, stand‑alone act of Congress: existing statutory authorizations tied to post‑9/11 uses of force — ...

Nov 27, 2025
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Did Hillary Clinton use autopen

Claims that Hillary Clinton used an autopen for signatures surface periodically; available reporting in the provided results says she used autopenned bookplates for her book It Takes a Village (noted ...

Oct 29, 2025

Which US presidents publicly acknowledged using an autopen for signing official documents and when did they disclose it?

Three recent presidents have using an autopen to replicate their signature: Barack Obama confirmed autopen use for bills and time-sensitive documents in 2011 and 2013, Donald Trump admitted using an a...

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