Executive Order 12025 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 12025—Executive Schedule

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Thursday, December 1, 1977

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1 min read (113 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 Jimmy Carter on 1977-12-01, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Executive 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

▪ 11861, as amended, placing certain positions in Level IV of the Executive Schedule, is further amended by deleting "Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice." in subsection (12) and inserting in lieu thereof "Adviser to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense for NATO Affairs, Department of Defense." JIMMY CARTER The White House, December 1, 1977.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

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

Total Words

113

687 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

12.8

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 12025, Jimmy Carter (Dec 1, 1977). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12025-executive-schedule.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

RELATING TO CERTAIN POSITIONS IN LEVEL IV OF THE EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 5317 of Title 5 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States of America, Section 1 of Executive Order No. 11861, as amended, placing certain positions in Level IV of the Executive Schedule, is further amended by deleting "Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice." in subsection (12) and inserting in lieu thereof "Adviser to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense for NATO Affairs, Department of Defense." JIMMY CARTER The White House, December 1, 1977. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:57 a.m., December 2, 1977]