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Executive Orders Historical Archive
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Official portrait of Barack Obama
44th President
Democrat Terms: 2009-2017

Barack Obama

Orders Tracked
276
Avg Words / Order
1,197
Avg Read Time
~6 min
Avg Sentiment
+0.47
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Youngstown Separation of Powers

1952 Standard

Distribution of orders across Justice Jackson's constitutional tiers:

97.5%
Zone 1 (269)
Statutory Authorization
2.2%
Zone 2 (6)
Zone of Twilight
0.4%
Zone 3 (1)
Lowest Ebb / Friction
Washington Rate Multiplier: 34.5× Washington Baseline

⚖️ Constitutional Alignment & Sentiment

Evaluated strictly through the U.S. Constitution (Articles I–VII) & Amendments from an Early Statesman's prism

276 Scored
264 (96%)
Constitutional Fidelity
Art. II §3 faithful statutory execution & civil liberty protection
11 (4%)
Constitutional Neutral
Routine departmental administration, civil service, executive seals
1 (0%)
Friction & Overreach
Art. I purse/commerce tension, 10th Amend federalism, property takings

Executive Orders Issued (276)showing the 30 most recent

EO 13764 Jan 17, 2017
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.83)

Executive Order 13764—Amending the Civil Service Rules, Executive Order 13488, and Executive Order 13467 To Modernize the Executive Branch-Wide Governance Structure and Processes for Security Clearances, Suitability and Fitness for Employment, and Credentialing, and Related Matters

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

Civil Service Rule II is amended as follows: (i) The title to 5 CFR Part 2 is revised to read as follows: "PART 2—APPOINTMENT THROUGH THE COMPETITIVE SERVICE; RELATED MATTERS (RULE II)" (ii) The title to 5 CFR 2.1 is revised to read as follows: "§2.1 Competitive examinations…

Barack Obama
Post-Graduate Legal • 38m
EO 13763 Revoked Jan 13, 2017
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.41)

Executive Order 13763—Providing an Order of Succession Within the Environmental Protection Agency

📜 Art. II §3: Faithful Execution of Statutory Law

Section 1 . Order of Succession . Subject to the provisions of section 2 of this order, and to the limitations set forth in the Act, the following officials of the Environmental Protection Agency, in the order listed, shall act as and perform the functions and duties of the…

Barack Obama
Post-Graduate Legal • 2m
EO 13762 Revoked Jan 13, 2017
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.41)

Executive Order 13762—Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice

📜 Art. II §3: Faithful Execution of Statutory Law

Section 1 . Order of Succession . Subject to the provisions of section 2 of this order, the following officers, in the order listed, shall act as and perform the functions and duties of the office of Attorney General, during any period in which the Attorney General, the Deputy…

Barack Obama
Post-Graduate Legal • 2m
EO 13761 Amended Jan 13, 2017
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 13761—Recognizing Positive Actions by the Government of Sudan and Providing for the Revocation of Certain Sudan-Related Sanctions

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

The National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq .), the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201-7211) (TSRA), the Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act of 2004, as amended (Public Law 108-497) (CPSA), the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of…

Barack Obama
Post-Graduate Legal • 5m
EO 13760 Jan 12, 2017
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.52)

Executive Order 13760—Exclusions from the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

The agencies and subdivisions of the Department of Defense set forth in section 2 of this order are hereby determined to have as a primary function intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security work.

Barack Obama
High School • 7m
EO 13759 Jan 12, 2017
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.52)

Executive Order 13759—Designating the World Organisation for Animal Health as a Public International Organization Entitled To Enjoy Certain Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities

📜 Art. II §3: Faithful Execution of Statutory Law

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 1 of the International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288), and having found that the World Organisation for Animal Health (also known by its…

Barack Obama
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 13757 Dec 28, 2016
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 13757—Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities

📜 Art. I §8: Delegated Tariff & Commerce Execution

Section 1(a) of Executive Order 13694 is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 1. (a) All property and interests in property that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of any…

Barack Obama
Post-Graduate Legal • 4m
EO 13756 Superseded Dec 27, 2016
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 13756—Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

The rates of basic pay or salaries of the statutory pay systems (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 5302(1)), as adjusted under 5 U.S.C. 5303, are set forth on the schedules attached hereto and made a part hereof: (a) The General Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5332(a)) at Schedule 1; (b) The Foreign…

Barack Obama
High School • 3m
EO 13755 Dec 23, 2016
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.55)

Executive Order 13755—Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Labor

📜 Art. II §3: Faithful Execution of Statutory Law

Section 1 . Order of Succession . Subject to the provisions of section 2 of this order, and to the limitations set forth in the Act, the following officials of the Department of Labor, in the order listed, shall act as and perform the functions and duties of the office of…

Barack Obama
Post-Graduate Legal • 2m
EO 13754 Revoked Dec 9, 2016
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.29)

Executive Order 13754—Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

As recognized in Executive Order 13689 of January 21, 2015, (Enhancing Coordination of National Efforts in the Arctic), Arctic environmental stewardship is in the national interest.

Barack Obama
Post-Graduate Legal • 11m
EO 13753 Revoked Dec 9, 2016
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 13753—Amending the Order of Succession in the Department of Homeland Security

📜 Art. I §8: Delegated Tariff & Commerce Execution

Section 88 of Executive Order 13286 of February 28, 2003 ("Amendment of Executive Orders, and Other Actions, in Connection With the Transfer of Certain Functions to the Secretary of Homeland Security"), is amended by striking the text of such section in its entirety and…

Barack Obama
College Level • 2m
EO 13751 Dec 5, 2016
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.71)

Executive Order 13751—Safeguarding the Nation From the Impacts of Invasive Species

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

It is the policy of the United States to prevent the introduction, establishment, and spread of invasive species, as well as to eradicate and control populations of invasive species that are established. Invasive species pose threats to prosperity, security, and quality of life.

Barack Obama
Post-Graduate Legal • 14m
EO 13750 Nov 29, 2016
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.52)

Executive Order 13750—Providing for the Appointment of Alumni of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program, and the Critical Language Scholarship Program to the Competitive Service

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

The Federal Government benefits from a workforce that can be recruited from the broadest and deepest pools of qualified candidates for our highly competitive, merit-based positions.

Barack Obama
Post-Graduate Legal • 4m
EO 13748 Nov 16, 2016
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.69)

Executive Order 13748—Establishing a Community Solutions Council

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

Place is a strong determinant of opportunity and well-being. Research shows that the neighborhood in which a child grows up impacts his or her odds of going to college, enjoying good health, and obtaining a lifetime of economic opportunities.

Barack Obama
Post-Graduate Legal • 8m
EO 13747 Nov 4, 2016
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.58)

Executive Order 13747—Advancing the Global Health Security Agenda to Achieve a World Safe and Secure From Infectious Disease Threats

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

As articulated in the National Strategy for Countering Biological Threats and implemented in Presidential Policy Directive 2 (PPD-2), promoting global health security is a core tenet of our national strategy for countering biological threats.

Barack Obama
Post-Graduate Legal • 12m
EO 13746 Nov 3, 2016
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.52)

Executive Order 13746—Advancing the Goals of the Power Africa Initiative to Expand Access to Electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa Through the Establishment of the President's Power Africa Working Group

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

It is the policy of the United States to partner, consult, and coordinate with African governments, bilateral and multilateral partners, the private sector, and civil society to expand access to electricity and increase electricity generation in Sub-Saharan Africa, in both…

Barack Obama
Post-Graduate Legal • 8m
EO 13745 Oct 31, 2016
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 13745—Delegation of Function to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management

📜 Art. II §3: Administrative Management & Civil Service

The Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is hereby authorized to exercise the function vested in the President by section 6391 of title 5, United States Code, of directing OPM to establish an emergency leave transfer program.

Barack Obama
Post-Graduate Legal • 1m
EO 13744 Oct 13, 2016
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.69)

Executive Order 13744—Coordinating Efforts To Prepare the Nation for Space Weather Events

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

Space weather events, in the form of solar flares, solar energetic particles, and geomagnetic disturbances, occur regularly, some with measurable effects on critical infrastructure systems and technologies, such as the Global Positioning System (GPS), satellite operations and…

Barack Obama
Post-Graduate Legal • 11m
EO 13743 Oct 13, 2016
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.52)

Executive Order 13743—Charitable Fundraising

📜 Art. I §8: Delegated Tariff & Commerce Execution

Executive Order 12353 of March 23, 1982, as amended, is further amended as follows: (a) By revising the introductory paragraph by deleting the term "voluntary agencies" and inserting in its place the term "voluntary health and welfare organizations"; and by deleting the term…

Barack Obama
Post-Graduate Legal • 4m
EO 13742 Oct 7, 2016
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.26)

Executive Order 13742—Termination of Emergency With Respect to the Actions and Policies of the Government of Burma

📜 10th Amend: Intergovernmental Federalism Cooperation

The National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq .) (NEA), section 570 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-208), the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-61), the Tom Lantos Block…

Barack Obama
Post-Graduate Legal • 3m
EO 13741 Sep 29, 2016
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.67)

Executive Order 13741—Amending Executive Order 13467 To Establish the Roles and Responsibilities of the National Background Investigations Bureau and Related Matters

📜 Art. II §2: Commander-in-Chief Supervisory Authority

Executive Order 13467 of June 30, 2008, is amended as follows: (a) The preamble is replaced with the following: "By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including 5 U.S.C. 3301 and 7103(b), and in order to…

Barack Obama
Post-Graduate Legal • 8m
EO 13739 Sep 14, 2016
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight) Constitutional Neutral

Executive Order 13739—Termination of Emergency With Respect to the Situation in or in Relation to Côte d'Ivoire

📜 Art. II §2: Diplomatic & Foreign Policy Prerogative

The National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq .) (NEA), section 5 of the United Nations Participation Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287c), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I, Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, find that the situation that…

Barack Obama
Post-Graduate Legal • 2m
EO 13738 Revoked Aug 23, 2016
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.52)

Executive Order 13738—Amendment to Executive Order 13673

📜 Art. II §3: Faithful Execution of Statutory Law

Amendment to Executive Order 13673 . Executive Order 13673 of July 31, 2014 (Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces), is amended as follows: (1) in subsection 2(a)(iv)(A), by inserting, after the word "disclose," the following: "to the entity designated by a final rule amending the…

Barack Obama
Post-Graduate Legal • 2m
EO 13737 Revoked Aug 12, 2016
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.41)

Executive Order 13737—Providing an Order of Succession Within the Environmental Protection Agency

📜 Art. II §3: Faithful Execution of Statutory Law

Section 1. Order of Succession . Subject to the provisions of section 2 of this order, and to the limitations set forth in the Act, the following officials of the Environmental Protection Agency, in the order listed, shall act as and perform the functions and duties of the…

Barack Obama
Post-Graduate Legal • 2m
EO 13736 Aug 12, 2016
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.41)

Executive Order 13736—Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Veterans Affairs

📜 Art. II §3: Faithful Execution of Statutory Law

Section 1. Order of Succession . Subject to the provisions of section 2 of this order and to the limitations set forth in the Act, the following officials of the Department of Veterans Affairs, in the order listed, shall act as Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary) and…

Barack Obama
Post-Graduate Legal • 2m
EO 13735 Revoked Aug 12, 2016
🏛️✅ Zone 1 (Maximum Authority) Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 13735—Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of the Treasury

📜 Art. I §8: Delegated Tariff & Commerce Execution

Section 1. Subject to the provisions of section 3 of this Executive Order, the officers named in section 2, in the order listed, shall act as and perform the functions and duties of the office of Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary) during any period when both the Secretary…

Barack Obama
Post-Graduate Legal • 2m
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