Executive Order 11333 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
Executive Order 11333—Partially Suspending Section 6374 of Title 10 of the United States Code, Relating to Retirement of Brigadier Generals of the Marine Corps
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This executive order, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on 1967-03-07, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Partially Suspending Section 6374 of Title 10 of the United States Code, Relating to Retirement of Brigadier Generals of the Marine Corps." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.
Constitutional Assessment: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.
Key Directives & Operative Actions
▪Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Partially Suspending Section 6374 of Title 10 of the United States Code, Relating to Retirement of Brigadier Generals of the Marine Corps.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
92
506 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
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Flesch-Kincaid
19.9
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 11333, Lyndon B. Johnson (Mar 7, 1967). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-11333-partially-suspending-section-6374-title-10-the-united-states-code.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 6386(c) of title 10 of the United States Code, I hereby suspend until June 29, 1968, the provisions of section 6374 of title 10 of the United States Code, but only with respect to a brigadier general on the active list of the Marine Corps whose second failure of selection for promotion to the grade of major general occurred during the same fiscal year as his first failure of selection for such promotion. LYNDON B. JOHNSON The White House March 7, 1967
