Executive Order 13039 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 13039—Exclusion of the Naval Special Warfare Development Group From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program

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Tuesday, March 11, 1997

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1 min read (134 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 1997-03-11, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Exclusion of the Naval Special Warfare Development Group From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: An early statesman would view this measure favorably under Article II, Section 3 (the Take Care Clause). The President operates strictly within the ambit of executing established laws and supervising departmental subordinates, respecting the supremacy of the legislative branch without fabricating novel statutory obligations.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Exclusion of the Naval Special Warfare Development Group From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

134

844 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

18.3

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.23

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 13039, William J. Clinton (Mar 11, 1997). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-13039-exclusion-the-naval-special-warfare-development-group-from-the.

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, including section 7103(b)(1) of title 5 of the United States Code, and having determined that the Naval Special Warfare Development Group has as a primary function intelligence, counter-intelligence, investigative, or national security work and that the provisions of Chapter 71 of title 5 of the United States Code cannot be applied to this organization in a manner consistent with national security requirements and considerations, Executive Order 12171 of November 19, 1979, as amended, is further amended by adding the following at the end of section 1-205: "(i) Naval Special Warfare Development Group." William J. Clinton The White House, March 11, 1997. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., March 13, 1997]