Executive Order 12542 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 12542—President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management

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Monday, December 30, 1985

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1 min read (93 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 Ronald Reagan on 1985-12-30, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management." 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

▪ 12526 is amended by deleting "December 31, 1985" as the date for submission of the Commission's conclusions and recommendations on the procurement section of its study and inserting in lieu thereof "February 28, 1986.".

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

571 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

12.5

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 12542, Ronald Reagan (Dec 30, 1985). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12542-presidents-blue-ribbon-commission-defense-management.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, it is hereby ordered that Section 2(c) of Executive Order No. 12526 is amended by deleting "December 31, 1985" as the date for submission of the Commission's conclusions and recommendations on the procurement section of its study and inserting in lieu thereof "February 28, 1986.". RONALD REAGAN The White House, December 30, 1985. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 12:06 p.m., January 6, 1986]