Executive Order 11268 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 11268—Placing an Additional Position in Level V of the Federal Executive Salary Schedule

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Thursday, January 20, 1966

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1 min read (74 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 1966-01-20, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Placing an Additional Position in Level V of the Federal Executive Salary Schedule." 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

▪ 11248 of October 10, 1965, as amended, is further amended by adding thereto the following: (6) Deputy Director of Defense Research and Engineering (Chemistry and Materials), Department of Defense.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

447 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

14.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 11268, Lyndon B. Johnson (Jan 20, 1966). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-11268-placing-additional-position-level-v-the-federal-executive-salary.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by subsection (f) of Section 303 of the Government Employees Salary Reform Act of 1964, and as President of the United States, Section 2 of Executive Order No. 11248 of October 10, 1965, as amended, is further amended by adding thereto the following: (6) Deputy Director of Defense Research and Engineering (Chemistry and Materials), Department of Defense. LYNDON B. JOHNSON The White House January 20, 1966