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Executive Order 11569 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 11569—Amending the Selective Service Regulations

Richard Nixon Richard Nixon
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Tuesday, November 24, 1970
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2 min read (340 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 Richard Nixon on 1970-11-24, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending the Selective Service Regulations." 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

▪ 604, as amended), I hereby prescribe the following amendments of the Selective Service Regulations prescribed by No.
▪ 10292 of September 25, 1951, as amended, and constituting portions of Chapter XVI of Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations: 1.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
Total Words
340
2,004 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
23.5
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.23
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 11569, Richard Nixon (Nov 24, 1970). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-11569-amending-the-selective-service-regulations.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Military Selective Service Act of 1967 (62 Stat. 604, as amended), I hereby prescribe the following amendments of the Selective Service Regulations prescribed by No. 10292 of September 25, 1951, as amended, and constituting portions of Chapter XVI of Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations: 1. Section 1611.2, Persons Not Required to be Registered, is amended by adding to paragraph (b) a new subparagraph (11) to read as follows: "(11) He is a person who, immediately preceding the time of his application for admission into the United States, has been employed continuously for one year by a firm or corporation or other legal entity or an affiliate or subsidiary thereof and who seeks to enter the United States temporarily in order to continue to render his services to the same employer or a subsidiary or affiliate thereof in a capacity that is managerial, executive, or involves specialized knowledge, or is the spouse or minor child of any such person if accompanying him or following to join him." Section 1611.2 is further amended by deleting the word "or" after the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (9) of paragraph (b) and by substituting, in lieu of the period at the end of subparagraph (10) of paragraph (b), a semicolon followed by the word "or". 2. Section 1611.2, Persons Not Required to be Registered, is further amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows: "(h) Each alien who is in the category described in subparagraph (11) of paragraph (b) on this section must have in his possession and available for examination a visa or other official document issued to him by a diplomatic, consular, or immigration officer of the United States evidencing that he has entered the United States pursuant to the provisions of section 101(a) (15) (L) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Public Law 414, 82d Congress, as amended by Public Law 91-225, approved April 7, 1970." RICHARD NIXON The White House November 24, 1970