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Executive Order 13814 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.46)

Executive Order 13814—Amending Executive Order 13223

Friday, October 20, 2017
2 min read (358 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 Donald J. Trump (1st Term) on 2017-10-20, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending Executive Order 13223." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

Of Executive Order 13223 is amended by adding at the end: "The authorities available for use during a national emergency under sections 688 and 690 of title 10, United States Code, are also invoked and made available, according to their terms, to the Secretary concerned, subject in the case of the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, to the direction of the Secretary of Defense." Sec.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
358
2,196 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
21.1
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.46
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 13814, Donald J. Trump (1st Term) (Oct 20, 2017). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-13814-amending-executive-order-13223.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)