Executive Order 11684 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 11684—Amendment of Executive Order No. 11554, Suspending the Provisions of Section 5707(c) of Title 10, United States Code, Which Relate to Promotion of Navy and Marine Corps Officers

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Wednesday, August 30, 1972

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1 min read (115 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 1972-08-30, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of Executive Order No. 11554, Suspending the Provisions of Section 5707(c) of Title 10, United States Code, Which Relate to Promotion of Navy and Marine Corps Officers." 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

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Amendment of Executive Order No. 11554, Suspending the Provisions of Section 5707(c) of Title 10, United States Code, Which Relate to Promotion of Navy and Marine Corps Officers.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

115

649 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

17.8

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 11684, Richard Nixon (Aug 30, 1972). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-11684-amendment-executive-order-no-11554-suspending-the-provisions-section.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 5711 (b) of title 10, United States Code, Executive Order No. 11554 of August 29, 1970, is amended to read as follows: "The operation of so much of the provisions of section 5707(c) of title 10 of the United States Code as restrict, to a percentage of five percent of the total number of officers that a board is authorized to recommend for promotion, the number of Navy and Marine Corps officers below the appropriate promotion zone who may be recommended as best fitted for promotion to the grade concerned, is hereby suspended until June 30, 1974." RICHARD NIXON The White House, August 30, 1972