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This executive order, signed by President William J. Clinton on 1996-06-03, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending Executive Order No. 12880." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.
Constitutional Assessment: Reviewed under the Tenth Amendment and the principle of dual federalism, this order touches upon domains traditionally reserved to the sovereign States. The Framers would caution against any attempt to commandeer state officers or displace local police powers through federal executive fiat.
Key Directives & Operative Actions
▪By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988, as amended (21 U.S.C.
▪12880 is amended by deleting "Department of State" and inserting "Office of National Drug Control Policy" in lieu thereof.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
117
698 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
9.6
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.23
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 13008, William J. Clinton (Jun 3, 1996). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-13008-amending-executive-order-no-12880.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988, as amended (21 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), in accordance with Executive Order No. 12992 of March 15, 1996, and in order to provide for more effective management of the international narcotics control policies of the United States, it is hereby ordered that section 1(c) of Executive Order No. 12880 is amended by deleting "Department of State" and inserting "Office of National Drug Control Policy" in lieu thereof. William J. Clinton The White House, June 3, 1996. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., June 4, 1996]
