The Yale Law Journal

Beau J. Baumann

Article

Resurrecting the Trinity of Legislative Constitutionalism

Beau J. Baumann

From 1919 to 1969, the Offices of the Legislative Counsel in the Senate and House drafted precedential opinions to advise lawmakers on constitutional and subconstitutional questions. This Article lifts the curtain on this institution, revealing a hidden system that worked to reify congressional powe…