Executive Order 12972 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 12972—Amendment to Executive Order No. 12958

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Monday, September 18, 1995

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1 min read (110 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 William J. Clinton on 1995-09-18, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment to Executive Order No. 12958." 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

▪ That the definition of "agency" in section 1.1(i) of such order is hereby amended to read as follows: "(i) "Agency" means any "Executive agency" as defined in 5 U.S.C.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

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

Total Words

110

648 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

9.8

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.23

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 12972, William J. Clinton (Sep 18, 1995). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12972-amendment-executive-order-no-12958.

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 amend Executive Order No. 12958, it is hereby ordered that the definition of "agency" in section 1.1(i) of such order is hereby amended to read as follows: "(i) "Agency" means any "Executive agency" as defined in 5 U.S.C. 105; any "Military department" as defined in 5 U.S.C. 102; and any other entity within the executive branch that comes into the possession of classified information." William J. Clinton The White House, September 18, 1995. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 2:33 p.m., September 19, 1995]