Proclamations, which are also signed and numbered consecutively, communicate information on holidays, commemorations, federal observances, and trade. Other presidential documents are sometimes similar to executive orders in their format, formality, and issue, but have different purposes. They are numbered consecutively, so executive orders may be referenced by their assigned number, or their topic. What it is, what it isn’tĪn executive order is a signed, written, and published directive from the President of the United States that manages operations of the federal government. Here, “Teaching Legal Docs” tries to unpack these sometimes controversial legal documents produced by the executive branch of the U.S. They seem to be “instant law,” and, at times, steeped in controversy. Media reports of “changes made by executive order,” or “executive orders to come” rarely explain what the document is, or other technical details, such as why, or how. Every American president has issued at least one, totaling more than (as of this writing) 13,731 since George Washington took office in 1789.
One of the most common “presidential” documents in our modern government is an executive order.
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