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Proc 9788ProclamationTrump 45 · RCeremonial

Proclamation 9788

Constitution Day, Citizenship Day, and Constitution Week, 2018

Democracy & GovernanceDemocracy & Governance

In simple terms

This proclamation designates September 17, 2018 as Constitution Day and Citizenship Day and September 17-23, 2018 as Constitution Week. It includes rhetorical calls for regulatory restraint and constitutional fidelity but imposes no binding mandates, deadlines, or policy changes.

Federal Register Open PDF 83 FR 47545

Record & deadlines

  1. Signed

    Signed by the President

  2. FR published

    Published in the Federal Register · 83 FR 47545

    Federal Register PDF

  3. Constitution Week ends

  4. Constitution Day and Citizenship Day observance

Key directives

No discrete directives extracted.

What to expect

Immediate

  • Proclamation takes effect upon signing; ceremonial observance dates declared

Near term (90d)

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Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • References to 'returning power to the American people' and criticizing 'obscure and unaccountable regulators' embed political messaging within ceremonial form
  • Rhetorical instructions to Cabinet and agency officials lack enforcement mechanism; text is vague about what constitutes 'ineffective' or 'needlessly burdensome' regulations
  • Call for 'original public meaning' interpretation signals ideological framing without operational directive
Proclamation 9788: Constitution Day, Citizenship Day, and Constitution Week, 2018 · Executive Orders