Executive Order 12611 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 12611—Delegating Authority To Implement Assistance for Central American Democracies and the Nicaraguan Democratic Resistance

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Thursday, October 15, 1987

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1 min read (172 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 1987-10-15, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Delegating Authority To Implement Assistance for Central American Democracies and the Nicaraguan Democratic Resistance." 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

▪ By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1987, enacted by section 101(k) of the Joint Resolution Making Continuing Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 1987 (Public Laws 99-500 and 99-591), the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C.

▪ 12570 of October 24, 1986, is amended by adding the following to the end of Section 2(b): "and funds provided in the Joint Resolution Making Continuing Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 1988 (Public Law 100120).".

▪ This Order shall be effective immediately.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners 🏛️ Foreign Nations & International Entities

Total Words

172

1,064 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

11.8

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 12611, Ronald Reagan (Oct 15, 1987). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12611-delegating-authority-implement-assistance-for-central-american.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1987, enacted by section 101(k) of the Joint Resolution Making Continuing Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 1987 (Public Laws 99-500 and 99-591), the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), the Joint Resolution Making Continuing Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 1988 (Public Law 100-120), and section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and in order to delegate certain functions concerning the use of funds, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Executive Order No. 12570 of October 24, 1986, is amended by adding the following to the end of Section 2(b): "and funds provided in the Joint Resolution Making Continuing Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 1988 (Public Law 100120).". Sec. 2. This Order shall be effective immediately. RONALD REAGAN The White House, October 15, 1987. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:01 a.m., October 16, 1987]