Executive Order 11946 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 11946—White House Fellowships

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Monday, October 25, 1976

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1 min read (264 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 Gerald R. Ford on 1976-10-25, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "White House Fellowships." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

▪ 11183 of October 3, 1964, as amended, is hereby further amended as follows: SECTION 1.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

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

Total Words

264

1,484 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

17.5

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 11946, Gerald R. Ford (Oct 25, 1976). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-11946-white-house-fellowships.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, and as President of the United States of America, Executive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, as amended, is hereby further amended as follows: SECTION 1. Paragraph (5) of subsection 2(b) is amended to read: "(5) Are not, on the date on which they apply or at any time between the date of application and the beginning of service as a White House Fellow, employed in, or receiving any salary or wage as compensation for, the performance of a Federal function under authority of law or Executive act; except that, this exclusion shall not apply to regular-members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps or Coast Guard, nor shall it apply to a "special Government employee" as defined in Section 202 of Title 18 of the United States Code, nor shall it apply to an independent contractor or employee thereof.". SEC. 2. Section 3 is amended to read: "SEC. 3. White House Fellows . White House Fellows will be appointed to serve for 12 months, beginning on September 1 of the year in which they are selected, and shall be assigned to serve on the White House staff, in the Executive Office of the President, in the office of the Vice President, in the offices of members of the Cabinet, or in the offices of such other Executive Branch officials as shall, from time to time, be designated by the President and the Commission.". GERALD R. FORD The White House, October 25, 1976.