Executive Order 10137 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10137—Amending Executive Order No. 10077 of September 7, 1949, Entitled "Transfer of the Administration of the Island of Guam from the Secretary of the Navy to the Secretary of the Interior"

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Friday, June 30, 1950

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1 min read (107 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 Harry S Truman on 1950-06-30, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending Executive Order No. 10077 of September 7, 1949, Entitled "Transfer of the Administration of the Island of Guam from the Secretary of the Navy to the Secretary of the Interior"." 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

▪ 10077 of September 7, 1949, which transfers the administration of the Island of Guam from the Secretary of the navy to the Secretary of the Interior and revokes Executive Order No 108-A of December 23, 1898, effective as of July 1, 1950, is hereby amended by changing the effective date of such transfer of administration and such revocation to August 1, 1950.

▪ This order shall become effective on June 30, 1950.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

107

608 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

13.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10137, Harry S Truman (Jun 30, 1950). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10137-amending-executive-order-no-10077-september-7-1949-entitled-transfer.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and finding such action to be in the public interest, Executive Order No. 10077 of September 7, 1949, which transfers the administration of the Island of Guam from the Secretary of the navy to the Secretary of the Interior and revokes Executive Order No 108-A of December 23, 1898, effective as of July 1, 1950, is hereby amended by changing the effective date of such transfer of administration and such revocation to August 1, 1950. This order shall become effective on June 30, 1950. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, June 30, 1950