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Since the beginning of the Republic, the President's chief advisor in the interpretation of the Constitution has been the Attorney General. The opinions of the Attorneys General on constitutional topics are official statements of the executive branch's views, and in many circumstances where a constitutional question cannot come before a court, their opinions provide the final answer.

This book offers the most important constitutional opinions of the Attorneys General and the Department of Justice from Edmund Randolph (President Washington's first Attorney General) to Janet Reno. Powell's commentary provides biographical and historical context to enhance the reader's appreciation of the opinions, which cover such topics as the separation of powers, the authority of Congress and the President over matters of war and peace, the nature of citizenship, and the executive's responsibilities with respect to statutes that the President believes unconstitutional.

The opinions are presented in full text and with original pagination, making The Constitution and the Attorneys General a fully independent research tool. A variety of indices and tables give the reader full access to the executive branch's two-century-long tradition of construing and applying the Constitution.

"A superb and invaluable source book for graduate students in political science, historians, and legal scholars." -- CHOICE Magazine

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CHOICE Review

Powell (Duke Law School and former Justice Department attorney) has produced an encyclopedic volume containing 104 constitutional opinions written primarily by the attorneys general of the US but including those signed in recent years by the assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel. The latter unit of the Justice Department is responsible for preparing formal opinions of the attorney general. Editorial commentary following each opinion includes a biographical sketch of the attorney general whose views are included, perspective on the opinion, and citations to subsequent uses of the opinion either by the Justice Department or the Supreme Court. An appendix includes the names of all opinions signed by an attorney general that deal with constitutional issues and/or the role of the executive branch in interpreting the law. Powell contends that the opinions compare in scope and duration to the Supreme Court's constitutional law decisions and deserve to be read as a significant component of American constitutional history. A superb and invaluable source book for graduate students in political science, historians, and legal scholars. R. J. Steamer emeritus, University of Massachusetts at Boston