Executive Order 12236 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 12236—Executive Schedule

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Thursday, September 4, 1980

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1 min read (133 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 1980-09-04, 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: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 12154, as amended, is hereby further amended as follows: 1-101.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises 🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Financial Institutions & Monetary Authorities

Total Words

133

826 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

12.7

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 12236, Jimmy Carter (Sep 4, 1980). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12236-executive-schedule.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

LEVELS IV AND V OF THE EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE By the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America by Section 5317 of Title 5 of the United States Code, in order to delete two positions from and add one position to level IV of the Executive Schedule, Section 1-101 of Executive Order No. 12154, as amended, is hereby further amended as follows: 1-101. In subsection (a) delete "Senior Adviser to the Secretary, Department of State" and substitute therefor "Counselor to the Secretary, Department of the Treasury". 1-102. In subsection (d) delete "Special Assistant to the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations, Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations." JIMMY CARTER The White House, September 3, 1980. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:59 a.m., September 4, 1980]