Executive Order 11266 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 11266—Draft Status of Fathers in Certain Essential Occupations

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Tuesday, January 18, 1966

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1 min read (192 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 Lyndon B. Johnson on 1966-01-18, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Draft Status of Fathers in Certain Essential Occupations." 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

▪ 604), as amended, I hereby prescribe the following amendment of the Selective Service Regulations prescribed by Executive Orders No.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments

Total Words

192

1,137 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

13.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 11266, Lyndon B. Johnson (Jan 18, 1966). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-11266-draft-status-fathers-certain-essential-occupations.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Universal Military Training and Service Act (62 Stat. 604), as amended, I hereby prescribe the following amendment of the Selective Service Regulations prescribed by Executive Orders No. 10292 of September 25, 1951, No. 10469 of July 11, 1953, and No. 11098 of March 14, 1963, and constituting portions of Chapter XVI of Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations: Paragraph (a) of section 622.30, Registrant with a Child or Children; and Registrant Deferred by Reason of Extreme Hardship to Dependents, is amended to read as follows: "(a) In Class III-A shall be placed any registrant who has a child or children with whom he maintains a bona fide family relationship in their home and who is not a physician, dentist or veterinarian, or who is not in an allied specialist category which may be announced by the Director of Selective Service after being advised by the Secretary of Defense that a special requisition under authority of section 1631.4 of these regulations will be issued for the delivery of registrants in such category." LYNDON B. JOHNSON The White House January 18, 1966