Office of Legal Counsel opinions during the Clinton administration

Target entity: Office of Legal Counsel opinions during the Clinton administration
Context triple: [Walter Dellinger, notableWork, Office of Legal Counsel opinions during the Clinton administration]

• A. United States v. John W. Dean III
  United States v. John W. Dean III is the federal criminal case in which former White House Counsel John Dean pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice for his role in the Watergate scandal.
• B. United States v. John D. Ehrlichman
  United States v. John D. Ehrlichman was a criminal case arising from the Watergate scandal in which former Nixon adviser John Ehrlichman was prosecuted for his role in the administration’s illegal activities and subsequent cover-up.
• C. Morrison v. Olson
  Morrison v. Olson is a 1988 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of the independent counsel provisions of the Ethics in Government Act, clarifying limits on presidential removal power and separation of powers.
• D. Pentagon Papers litigation
  The Pentagon Papers litigation was a landmark series of legal battles in 1971 over the U.S. government's attempt to prevent major newspapers from publishing a classified history of the Vietnam War, culminating in a Supreme Court ruling affirming strong protections for press freedom against prior restraint.
• E. National Security Directives of the George H. W. Bush administration
  The National Security Directives of the George H. W. Bush administration were a series of classified presidential instructions that guided U.S. foreign, defense, and intelligence policy at the end of the Cold War and during events such as the Gulf War.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Office of Legal Counsel opinions during the Clinton administration
Target entity description: The Office of Legal Counsel opinions during the Clinton administration are a body of influential legal interpretations issued by the U.S. Department of Justice that helped define executive branch authority and constitutional limits in the 1990s.

• A. United States v. John W. Dean III
  United States v. John W. Dean III is the federal criminal case in which former White House Counsel John Dean pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice for his role in the Watergate scandal.
• B. United States v. John D. Ehrlichman
  United States v. John D. Ehrlichman was a criminal case arising from the Watergate scandal in which former Nixon adviser John Ehrlichman was prosecuted for his role in the administration’s illegal activities and subsequent cover-up.
• C. Morrison v. Olson
  Morrison v. Olson is a 1988 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of the independent counsel provisions of the Ethics in Government Act, clarifying limits on presidential removal power and separation of powers.
• D. Pentagon Papers litigation
  The Pentagon Papers litigation was a landmark series of legal battles in 1971 over the U.S. government's attempt to prevent major newspapers from publishing a classified history of the Vietnam War, culminating in a Supreme Court ruling affirming strong protections for press freedom against prior restraint.
• E. National Security Directives of the George H. W. Bush administration
  The National Security Directives of the George H. W. Bush administration were a series of classified presidential instructions that guided U.S. foreign, defense, and intelligence policy at the end of the Cold War and during events such as the Gulf War.
• F. None of above. chosen