Executive Order 12162 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 12162—Amendment to Executive Order 12140: Gasoline End-User Allocation

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Friday, September 28, 1979

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1 min read (57 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 Jimmy Carter on 1979-09-28, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment to Executive Order 12140: Gasoline End-User Allocation." 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

▪ By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, including the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, as amended (15 U.S.C.

▪ 12140 is hereby amended by deleting the first sentence in Sec.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

342 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

9.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 12162, Jimmy Carter (Sep 28, 1979). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12162-amendment-executive-order-12140-gasoline-end-user-allocation.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, including the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, as amended (15 U.S.C. 751 et seq.), Executive Order No. 12140 is hereby amended by deleting the first sentence in Sec. 1-105. JIMMY CARTER The White House, September 28, 1979.