Executive Order 12609 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 12609—President's Commission on Compensation of Career Federal Executives

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Wednesday, September 23, 1987

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1 min read (95 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 Ronald Reagan on 1987-09-23, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "President's Commission on Compensation of Career Federal Executives." 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

▪ 12592 of April 10, 1987, is amended by striking out "August 1, 1987" and inserting in lieu thereof "February 28, 1988".

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

563 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

11.3

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.23

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 12609, Ronald Reagan (Sep 23, 1987). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12609-presidents-commission-compensation-career-federal-executives.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to extend the period within which the President's Commission on Compensation of Career Federal Executives may complete its work, it is hereby ordered that Section 2(b) of Executive Order No. 12592 of April 10, 1987, is amended by striking out "August 1, 1987" and inserting in lieu thereof "February 28, 1988". RONALD REAGAN The White House, September 23, 1987. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:54 a.m., September 24, 1987]