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United States Attorney General
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Incumbent
Merrick Garland
since March 11, 2021
United States Department of Justice
StyleMr. Attorney General
(informal)
The Honorable
(formal)
Member ofCabinet
National Security Council
Reports toPresident of the United States
SeatRobert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building
Washington, D.C.
AppointerPresident of the United States
with United States Senate advice and consent
Term lengthNo fixed term
Constituting instrument28 U.S.C. § 503
FormationSeptember 26, 1789
First holderEdmund Randolph
SuccessionSeventh[1]
DeputyUnited States Deputy Attorney General
SalaryExecutive Schedule, Level I[2]
Websitewww.justice.gov

The United States attorney general (AG) leads the United States Department of Justice, and is the chief lawyer of the federal government of the United States. The attorney general serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all legal matters. The attorney general is a statutory member of the Cabinet of the United States.

Under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution, the officeholder is nominated by the president of the United States, then appointed with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. The attorney general is supported by the Office of the Attorney General, which includes executive staff and several deputies.

Merrick Garland has been the United States attorney general since March 11, 2021.[3][4]

History

See also: United States Department of Justice § History

Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1789 which, among other things, established the Office of the Attorney General. The original duties of this officer were "to prosecute and conduct all suits in the Supreme Court in which the United States shall be concerned, and to give his advice and opinion upon questions of law when required by the president of the United States, or when requested by the heads of any of the departments".[5] Some of these duties have since been transferred to the United States solicitor general and the White House counsel.

The Department of Justice was established in 1870 to support the attorneys general in the discharge of their responsibilities.

The attorney general, the secretary of state, the secretary of the treasury, and the secretary of defense are regarded as the four most important Cabinet officials in the United States because of the size and importance of their respective departments.[6]

Attorney General is a Level I position in the Executive Schedule,[2] thus earning a salary of US$221,400, as of January 2021.[7]

The title "attorney general" is an example of a noun (attorney) followed by a postpositive adjective (general).[8] "General" is a description of the type of attorney, not a title or rank in itself (as it would be in the military).[8] Even though the attorney general (and the similarly titled solicitor general) is often referred to as "General" or "General [last name]" by senior government officials, this is considered incorrect in standard American English usage.[8][9] For the same reason, the correct American English plural form is "attorneys general" rather than "attorney generals".[9]

Presidential transition

It is the practice for the attorney general, along with the other Cabinet secretaries and high-level political appointees of the President, to tender a resignation with effect on the Inauguration Day (January 20) of a new president. The deputy attorney general is also expected to tender a resignation, but is commonly requested to stay on and act as the attorney general pending the confirmation by the Senate of the new attorney general.

For example, upon the inauguration of President Donald Trump on January 20, 2017, then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch left her position, so then-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, who had also tendered her resignation, was asked to stay on to serve as the acting attorney general until the confirmation of the new attorney general Jeff Sessions, who had been nominated for the office in November 2016 by then-President-elect Donald Trump.[10][a]

List of attorneys general

Parties

  No party (1)  Federalist (4)  Democratic-Republican (5)  Democratic (34)  Whig (4)  Republican (40)  Political Independent / Unknown (1)

Status

  Denotes service as acting attorneys general before appointment or after resignation
No.PortraitNamePrior experienceState of residenceTook officeLeft officePresident(s)
1Edmund RandolphLawyer,

7th Governor of Virginia

VirginiaSeptember 26, 1789January 26, 1794George Washington
2William BradfordLawyer, judge,

Attorney General of Pennsylvania

PennsylvaniaJanuary 27, 1794August 23, 1795
3Charles LeeLawyer,

Acting United States Secretary of State

VirginiaDecember 10, 1795February 19, 1801
John Adams
4Levi Lincoln Sr.Lawyer,

Acting United States Secretary of State,

7th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts,

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 4th district

MassachusettsMarch 5, 1801March 2, 1805Thomas Jefferson
5John BreckinridgeLawyer,

United States Senator from Kentucky,

Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives,

Attorney General of Kentucky

KentuckyAugust 7, 1805December 14, 1806
6Caesar Augustus RodneyLawyer,

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Delaware's at-large district,

Member of Delaware General Assembly

DelawareJanuary 20, 1807December 10, 1811
James Madison
7William PinkneyLawyer,

United States Minister to the United Kingdom,

3rd Attorney General of Maryland,

Mayor of Annapolis,

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 3rd district

MarylandDecember 11, 1811February 9, 1814
8Richard RushLawyer,

Attorney General of Pennsylvania

PennsylvaniaFebruary 10, 1814November 12, 1817
9William WirtLawyer,

United States Attorney for the District of Virginia,

Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Richmond City

6th Clerk of the Virginia House of Delegates

VirginiaNovember 13, 1817March 4, 1829James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
10John Macpherson BerrienLawyer,

Judge of the Eastern judicial circuit of Georgia,

United States Senator from Georgia

GeorgiaMarch 9, 1829July 19, 1831Andrew Jackson
11Roger B. TaneyLawyer,

Acting United States Secretary of War,

Attorney General of Maryland

MarylandJuly 20, 1831November 14, 1833
12Benjamin Franklin ButlerLawyer,

Member of the New York State Assembly from Albany County,

District Attorney of Albany County

New YorkNovember 15, 1833July 4, 1838
Martin Van Buren
13Felix GrundyLawyer,

United States Senator from Tennessee,

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 3rd district and 5th district,

Chief Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals

TennesseeJuly 5, 1838January 10, 1840
14Henry D. GilpinLawyer,

Solicitor of the United States Treasury,

U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

PennsylvaniaJanuary 11, 1840March 4, 1841
15John J. Crittenden
1st term		Lawyer,

22nd Secretary of State of Kentucky,

United States Senator from Kentucky

KentuckyMarch 5, 1841September 12, 1841William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
16Hugh S. LegaréLawyer,

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 1st district

Acting United States Minister to Belgium,

7th Attorney General of South Carolina

South CarolinaSeptember 13, 1841June 20, 1843
17John NelsonLawyer,

United States Chargé d'Affaires to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies,

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 4th district

MarylandJuly 1, 1843March 4, 1845
18John Y. MasonLawyer,

16th United States Secretary of the Navy

Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia,

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 2nd district

VirginiaMarch 5, 1845October 16, 1846James K. Polk
19Nathan CliffordLawyer,

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 1st district,

Attorney General of Maine,

Member of the Maine House of Representatives,

MaineOctober 17, 1846March 17, 1848
20Isaac TouceyLawyer,

33rd Governor of Connecticut,

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's at-large district and 1st district

ConnecticutJune 21, 1848March 4, 1849
21Reverdy JohnsonLawyer,

United States Senator from Maryland

MarylandMarch 8, 1849July 21, 1850Zachary Taylor
22John J. Crittenden
2nd term		Lawyer,

15th United States Attorney General

22nd Secretary of State of Kentucky,

United States Senator from Kentucky

KentuckyJuly 22, 1850March 4, 1853Millard Fillmore
23Caleb CushingLawyer,

United States Minister to China,

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd district

MassachusettsMarch 7, 1853March 4, 1857Franklin Pierce
24Jeremiah S. BlackLawyer,

Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court

PennsylvaniaMarch 6, 1857December 16, 1860James Buchanan
25Edwin StantonLawyerPennsylvaniaDecember 20, 1860March 4, 1861
26Edward BatesLawyer,

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's at-large district,

Attorney General of Missouri

MissouriMarch 5, 1861November 24, 1864Abraham Lincoln
27James SpeedLawyer,

Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives

KentuckyDecember 2, 1864July 22, 1866
Andrew Johnson
28Henry StanberyLawyer,

Attorney General of Ohio

OhioJuly 23, 1866July 16, 1868
29William M. EvartsLawyerNew YorkJuly 17, 1868March 4, 1869
30Ebenezer R. HoarLawyer, judgeMassachusettsMarch 5, 1869November 22, 1870Ulysses S. Grant
31Amos T. AkermanLawyer, teacherGeorgiaNovember 23, 1870December 13, 1871
32George Henry WilliamsOregonDecember 14, 1871April 25, 1875
33Edwards PierrepontNew YorkApril 26, 1875May 21, 1876
34Alphonso TaftOhioMay 22, 1876March 4, 1877
35Charles DevensMassachusettsMarch 12, 1877March 4, 1881Rutherford B. Hayes
36Wayne MacVeaghPennsylvaniaMarch 5, 1881December 15, 1881James A. Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
37Benjamin H. BrewsterPennsylvaniaDecember 16, 1881March 4, 1885
38Augustus GarlandArkansasMarch 6, 1885March 4, 1889Grover Cleveland
39William H. H. MillerIndianaMarch 7, 1889March 4, 1893Benjamin Harrison
40Richard OlneyMassachusettsMarch 6, 1893April 7, 1895Grover Cleveland
41Judson HarmonOhioApril 8, 1895March 4, 1897
42Joseph McKennaCaliforniaMarch 5, 1897January 25, 1898William McKinley
43John W. GriggsNew JerseyJanuary 25, 1898March 29, 1901
44Philander C. KnoxLawyer

Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania (1876–1877)

President of the Pennsylvania Bar Association

PennsylvaniaApril 5, 1901June 30, 1904
Theodore Roosevelt
45William Henry MoodyMassachusettsJuly 1, 1904December 17, 1906
46Charles BonaparteMarylandDecember 17, 1906March 4, 1909
47George W. WickershamNew YorkMarch 4, 1909March 4, 1913William Howard Taft
48James C. McReynoldsTennesseeMarch 5, 1913August 29, 1914Woodrow Wilson
49Thomas Watt GregoryTexasAugust 29, 1914March 4, 1919
50A. Mitchell PalmerPennsylvaniaMarch 5, 1919March 4, 1921
51Harry M. DaughertyLawyer

Member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1889−1893)

Republican Political Operative from Ohio

OhioMarch 4, 1921April 6, 1924Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
52Harlan F. StoneNew YorkApril 7, 1924March 1, 1925
53John G. SargentVermontMarch 7, 1925March 4, 1929
54William D. MitchellMinnesotaMarch 4, 1929March 4, 1933Herbert Hoover
55Homer Stille CummingsConnecticutMarch 4, 1933January 1, 1939Franklin D. Roosevelt
56Frank MurphyMichiganJanuary 2, 1939January 18, 1940
57Robert H. JacksonNew YorkJanuary 18, 1940August 25, 1941
58Francis BiddlePennsylvaniaAugust 26, 1941June 26, 1945
Harry S. Truman
59Tom C. ClarkTexasJune 27, 1945July 26, 1949
60J. Howard McGrathRhode IslandJuly 27, 1949April 3, 1952
61James P. McGraneryPennsylvaniaApril 4, 1952January 20, 1953
62Herbert Brownell Jr.New YorkJanuary 21, 1953October 23, 1957Dwight D. Eisenhower
63William P. RogersNew YorkOctober 23, 1957January 20, 1961
64Robert F. KennedyMassachusettsJanuary 20, 1961September 3, 1964John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
65Nicholas KatzenbachIllinoisSeptember 4, 1964[b]January 28, 1965
January 28, 1965November 28, 1966
66Ramsey ClarkTexasNovember 28, 1966[b]March 10, 1967
March 10, 1967January 20, 1969
67John N. MitchellNew YorkJanuary 20, 1969February 15, 1972Richard Nixon
68Richard KleindienstArizonaFebruary 15, 1972April 30, 1973[12]
69Elliot RichardsonMassachusettsApril 30, 1973[12]October 20, 1973
–Robert Bork[c]
Acting		PennsylvaniaOctober 20, 1973January 4, 1974
70William B. SaxbeOhioJanuary 4, 1974February 2, 1975
Gerald Ford
71Edward H. LeviIllinoisFebruary 2, 1975January 20, 1977
–Dick Thornburgh[d]
Acting		PennsylvaniaJanuary 20, 1977January 26, 1977Jimmy Carter
72Griffin BellGeorgiaJanuary 26, 1977August 16, 1979
73Benjamin CivilettiMarylandAugust 16, 1979January 19, 1981
74William French SmithCaliforniaJanuary 23, 1981February 25, 1985Ronald Reagan
75Edwin MeeseCaliforniaFebruary 25, 1985August 12, 1988
76Dick ThornburghPennsylvaniaAugust 12, 1988August 15, 1991
George H. W. Bush
77William Barr
1st term		United States Deputy Attorney General (1990–1991)

United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel (1989–1990)

VirginiaAugust 16, 1991[b]November 26, 1991
November 26, 1991January 20, 1993
–Stuart M. Gerson[e]
Acting		Washington, D.C.January 20, 1993March 12, 1993Bill Clinton
78Janet RenoFloridaMarch 12, 1993January 20, 2001
–Eric Holder[f]
Acting		United States Deputy Attorney General (1997–2001)

United States Attorney for the District of Columbia (1993–1997)

Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia (1988–1993)

Washington, D.C.January 20, 2001February 2, 2001George W. Bush
79John AshcroftMissouriFebruary 2, 2001February 3, 2005
80Alberto GonzalesTexasFebruary 3, 2005September 17, 2007
–Paul Clement[g]
Acting		Washington, D.C.September 17, 2007September 18, 2007
–Peter Keisler[g]
Acting		Washington, D.C.September 18, 2007November 9, 2007
81Michael MukaseyNew YorkNovember 9, 2007January 20, 2009
–Mark Filip
Acting		IllinoisJanuary 20, 2009February 3, 2009Barack Obama
82Eric HolderActing United States Attorney General (2001)

United States Deputy Attorney General (1997–2001)

United States Attorney for the District of Columbia (1993–1997)

Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia (1988–1993)

Washington, D.C.February 3, 2009April 27, 2015
83Loretta LynchUnited States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York (1999–2001, 2010–2015)

Member of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2003–2005)

New YorkApril 27, 2015January 20, 2017
–Sally Yates[h]
Acting		GeorgiaJanuary 20, 2017January 30, 2017Donald Trump
–Dana Boente
Acting		VirginiaJanuary 30, 2017February 9, 2017
84Jeff SessionsUnited States Senator from Alabama (1997–2017)

Attorney General of Alabama (1995–1997)

United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama (1981–1993)

AlabamaFebruary 9, 2017November 7, 2018
–Matthew Whitaker
Acting[i]		IowaNovember 7, 2018February 14, 2019
85William Barr
2nd term		77th United States Attorney General (1991–1993)

United States Deputy Attorney General (1990–1991)

United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel (1989–1990)

VirginiaFebruary 14, 2019December 23, 2020
–Jeffrey A. Rosen
Acting		MassachusettsDecember 24, 2020January 20, 2021
–Monty Wilkinson
Acting		Washington, D.C.January 20, 2021March 11, 2021Joe Biden
86Merrick GarlandChief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (2013–2020)

Nominee for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (2016)

Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1997–2021)

MarylandMarch 11, 2021Incumbent

Living former U.S. attorneys general

As of November 2021, there are nine living former U.S. attorneys general, the oldest being Edwin Meese (served 1985–1988, born 1931). The most recent attorney general to die was Ramsey Clark on April 9, 2021 (served 1966–1969, born 1927). The most recently serving attorney general to die was Janet Reno on November 7, 2016 (served 1993–2001, born 1938).

NameCommencementConclusionDate of birth (and age)
Benjamin Civiletti19791981 (1935-07-17) July 17, 1935 (age 86)
Edwin Meese19851988 (1931-12-02) December 2, 1931 (age 89)
William Barr1991
2019		1993
2020		 (1950-05-23) May 23, 1950 (age 71)
John Ashcroft20012005 (1942-05-09) May 9, 1942 (age 79)
Alberto Gonzales20052007 (1955-08-04) August 4, 1955 (age 66)
Michael Mukasey20072009 (1941-07-28) July 28, 1941 (age 80)
Eric Holder20092015 (1951-01-21) January 21, 1951 (age 70)
Loretta Lynch20152017 (1959-05-21) May 21, 1959 (age 62)
Jeff Sessions20172018 (1946-12-24) December 24, 1946 (age 74)

Line of succession

U.S.C. Title 28, §508 establishes the first two positions in the line of succession, while allowing the attorney general to designate other high-ranking officers of the Department of Justice as subsequent successors.[25] Furthermore, an Executive Order defines subsequent positions, the most recent from March 31, 2017, signed by President Donald Trump.[26] The current line of succession is:

  1. United States Deputy Attorney General
  2. United States Associate Attorney General
  3. Other officers potentially designated by the attorney general (in no particular order):
    • Solicitor General of the United States
    • Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division
    • Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division
    • Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division
    • Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division
    • Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division
    • Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division
    • Assistant Attorney General, Justice Management Division
    • Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division
    • Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs
    • Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel
    • Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy
    • Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs
  4. United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia
  5. United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina
  6. United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas

See also

  • Executive Order 13787 for "Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice"

Notes

  1. ^ Unusually for a transitional acting appointment, Yates was dismissed and replaced with another Acting Attorney General before Sessions was confirmed because she refused to defend an executive order of the incoming administration.[11]
  2. ^ a b c Served as acting attorney general in his capacity as deputy attorney general, until his own appointment and confirmation as attorney general.
  3. ^ On October 20, 1973, Solicitor General Robert Bork became acting attorney general following the "Saturday Night Massacre", in which U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus both resigned.
  4. ^ Served as acting attorney general in his capacity as deputy attorney general, until the appointment of a new attorney general. Thornburgh later served as attorney general from 1988–1991.
  5. ^ Served as acting attorney general in his capacity as Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ Civil Division.[13] Gerson was fourth in the line of succession at the Justice Department, but other senior DOJ officials had already resigned.[14] Janet Reno, President Clinton's nominee for attorney general, was confirmed on March 12,[15] and he resigned the same day.[15]
  6. ^ Served as acting attorney general in his capacity as deputy attorney general, until the appointment of a new attorney general. Holder later served as attorney general from 2009–2015.
  7. ^ a b On August 27, 2007, President Bush named Solicitor General Paul Clement as the future acting attorney general, to take office upon the resignation of Alberto Gonzales, effective September 17, 2007.[16] On September 17, President Bush announced that Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ Civil Division Peter Keisler would become acting attorney general, pending a permanent appointment of a presidential nominee.[17][18] According to administration officials, Clement became acting attorney general at 12:01 am September 17, 2007, and left office 24 hours later.[19] Keisler served as acting attorney general until the confirmation of Michael Mukasey on November 9, 2007.
  8. ^ Served as acting attorney general in her capacity as deputy attorney general, until she was fired after saying the Department of Justice would not defend an executive order in court.[20]
  9. ^ The legality of Matthew Whitaker's appointment as Acting Attorney General was called into question by several constitutional scholars. Among those included Neal Katyal and George T. Conway III, who asserted it is unconstitutional, because the Attorney General is a principal officer under the Appointments Clause, and thus requires senate consent, even in an acting capacity.[21] Maryland filed an injunction against Whitaker's appointment on this basis.[22] John E. Bies at Lawfare regarded it as an unresolved question.[23] The DOJ Office of Legal Counsel released a legal opinion, asserting that the appointment was legal and consistent with past precedent.[24]

References

  1. ^ "3 U.S. Code § 19 – Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act". Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  2. ^ a b 5 U.S.C. § 5312.
  3. ^ "Merrick Garland Is Confirmed as Attorney General".
  4. ^ "https://twitter.com/thejusticedept/status/1370023440904716291". Twitter. Retrieved March 11, 2021. External link in |title= (help)
  5. ^ Judiciary Act of 1789, section 35.
  6. ^ Cabinets and Counselors: The President and the Executive Branch (1997). Congressional Quarterly. p. 87.
  7. ^ "Salary Table No. 2021-EX Rates of Basic Pay for the Executive Schedule (EX)" (PDF).
  8. ^ a b c Herz, Michael (2002). "Washington, Patton, Schwarzkopf and ... Ashcroft?". Constitutional Commentary.
  9. ^ a b Garner, Bryan A. "LawProse Lesson #116: What's the plural form of attorney general? And what is the plural possessive?". Above the Law. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  10. ^ Gerstein, Josh (January 17, 2017). "Trump will allow U.S. attorneys to stay past Friday". POLITICO. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  11. ^ Horwitz, Sari (January 30, 2017). "Who is Sally Yates? Meet the acting attorney general Trump fired for 'betraying' the Justice Department". Washington Post. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  12. ^ a b Stern, Laurence; Johnson, Haynes (May 1, 1973). "3 Top Nixon Aides, Kleindienst Out; President Accepts Full Responsibility; Richardson Will Conduct New Probe". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  13. ^ Staff reporter (February 21, 1993). "Stuart Gerson's Parting Shot". The New York Times. Retrieved December 12, 2008. As supporters of the Brady gun-control bill prepare to introduce it in Congress yet again this week, they find a welcome, if unlikely, ally in Stuart Gerson, the Acting Attorney General. Because President Clinton has had so many problems finding a new Attorney General, Mr. Gerson remains in office ...
  14. ^ Labaton, Stephen (January 25, 1993). "Notes on Justice; Who's in Charge? Bush Holdover Says He Is, but Two Clinton Men Differ". The New York Times. Retrieved December 12, 2008.
  15. ^ a b Ifill, Gwen (March 12, 1993). "Reno Confirmed in Top Justice Job". The New York Times. Retrieved December 12, 2008. She will replace Acting Attorney General Stuart M. Gerson, a holdover appointee from the Bush Administration. Ms. Reno said he resigned today.
  16. ^ Meyers, Steven Lee (August 27, 2007). "Embattled Attorney General Resigns". The New York Times. Retrieved August 27, 2007.
  17. ^ "President Bush Announces Judge Michael Mukasey as Nominee for Attorney General", White House press release, September 17, 2007
  18. ^ "Bush Text on Attorney General Nomination". NewsOK.com. The Oklahoman. The Associated Press. September 17, 2007. Retrieved September 18, 2007.
  19. ^ Eggen, Dan; Elizabeth Williamson (September 19, 2007). "Democrats May Tie Confirmation to Gonzales Papers". The Washington Post. pp. A10. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  20. ^ Perez, Evan; Diamond, Jeremy (January 30, 2017). "Trump fires acting AG after she declines to defend travel ban". CNN. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  21. ^ "Opinion | Trump's Appointment of the Acting Attorney General Is Unconstitutional". Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  22. ^ "Maryland Says Matthew Whitaker Appointment As Acting Attorney General Is Unlawful". NPR.org. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  23. ^ "Matthew Whitaker's Appointment as Acting Attorney General: Three Lingering Questions". Lawfare. November 8, 2018. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  24. ^ Jarrett, Laura. "DOJ says Whitaker's appointment as acting attorney general is constitutional". CNN. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  25. ^ "U.S.C. Title 28 – JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE". www.gpo.gov. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  26. ^ "Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice". Federal Register. April 5, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2018.

External links

  • Official website
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by
Lloyd Austin

as Secretary of Defense		 Order of precedence of the United States
as Attorney General 		Succeeded by
Deb Haaland

as Secretary of the Interior
U.S. presidential line of succession
Preceded by
Secretary of Defense
Lloyd Austin
 7th in line Succeeded by
Secretary of the Interior
Deb Haaland
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