Executive Order 12100 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 12100—President's Commission on Pension Policy

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Friday, November 17, 1978

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1 min read (175 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 1978-11-17, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "President's Commission on Pension Policy." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: Evaluated against the Fifth Amendment, this action touches upon property or economic rights. An early statesman would insist upon strict adherence to due process of law and the constitutional guarantee that private holdings shall not be encumbered or taken for public purposes without just compensation and lawful process.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 12071 is amended to read "This Order shall be effective on September 21, 1978.".

▪ 12071 is amended to read as follows: "1-304.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

175

1,020 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

10.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 12100, Jimmy Carter (Nov 17, 1978). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12100-presidents-commission-pension-policy.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1-101. In order to ratify and reflect the actual effective date of the functioning of the activities of the Commission, Section 1-403 of Executive Order No. 12071 is amended to read "This Order shall be effective on September 21, 1978.". 1-202. In order to ratify and reflect that the Chairman may appoint necessary staff, Section 1-304 of Executive Order No. 12071 is amended to read as follows: "1-304. The Chairman is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of a staff, including not more than one position at the CS-18 level, as may be necessary to enable it to carry out its functions. The Chairman may obtain services in accordance with the provisions of Section 3109 of Title 5 of the United States Code, to the extent funds are available therefor.". JIMMY CARTER The White House, November 17, 1978. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 4:23 p.m., November 17, 1978]