Constitution Day, Citizenship Day, and Constitution Week, 2018

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

Impact dates

Sep 23, 2018
Constitution Week ends
Sep 17, 2018
Constitution Day and Citizenship Day observance

Key directives

No discrete directives extracted.

Timeline

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