Executive Order 12568 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 12568—Employment Opportunities for Military Spouses at Nonappropriated Fund Activities

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Thursday, October 2, 1986

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1 min read (155 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 1986-10-02, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Employment Opportunities for Military Spouses at Nonappropriated Fund Activities." 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 Employment Opportunities for Military Spouses at Nonappropriated Fund Activities.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

155

961 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. 12568, Ronald Reagan (Oct 2, 1986). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12568-employment-opportunities-for-military-spouses-nonappropriated-fund.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By the authority vested in me as President by the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, it is ordered that the Secretary of Defense and, as designated by him for this purpose, any of the Secretaries, Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries of the Military Departments, are hereby empowered to exercise the discretionary authority granted to the President by subsection 806(a)(2) of the Department of Defense Authorization Act of 1986, Public Law No. 99-145, to give preference in hiring for positions in nonappropriated fund activities to qualified spouses of members of the Armed Forces stationed in the same geographical area as the nonappropriated fund activity for positions in wage grade UA-8 and below and equivalent positions and for positions paid at hourly rates. RONALD REAGAN The White House, October 2, 1986. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 4:36 p.m., October 2, 1986]