Executive Order 11162 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 11162—Adding the Postmaster General to the Membership of the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity

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Tuesday, July 28, 1964

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1 min read (170 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.

This executive order, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on 1964-07-28, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Adding the Postmaster General to the Membership of the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: Scrutinized through Article II, Section 2, this action exercises the President's constitutional role as Commander in Chief. Early Framers recognized broad executive discretion in commanding military forces during conflict, provided it remains bounded by congressional declarations and respects civilian domestic courts.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States and by the Constitution and statutes of the United States, it is ordered as follows: Section 1.

▪ 11114 of June 22, 1963, is hereby superseded.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Public Health & Medical Institutions

Total Words

170

1,064 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

15.1

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 11162, Lyndon B. Johnson (Jul 28, 1964). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-11162-adding-the-postmaster-general-the-membership-the-presidents.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States and by the Constitution and statutes of the United States, it is ordered as follows: Section 1. Subsection (c) of Section 102 of Executive Order No. 10925 of March 6, 1961, entitled "Establishing the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity," as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: "(c) The Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, the Postmaster General, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, the Administrator of General Services, and the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission. Each such member may designate an alternate to represent him in his absence." Sec. 2. Section 301 of Executive Order No. 11114 of June 22, 1963, is hereby superseded. LYNDON B. JOHNSON The White House, July 28, 1964.