Reading Room Document

Statute Limiting the President's Authority to Supervise the Director of the Centers for Disease Control in the Distribution of an AIDS Pamphlet

Statutory provision requiring the Director o f the Centers for Disease Control to distribute an AIDS information pamphlet to the public "without necessary clearance of the content by any official, organization or office" violates the separation of powers by unconstitutionally infringing upon the President's authority to supervise the executive branch. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/24041/download.

March 11, 1988