Executive Order 10143 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
Executive Order 10143—Authorizing the Appointment of Mrs. Ruth Edna McC. Somers to a Position in the Government Service Without Regard to the Civil Service Rules
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This executive order, signed by President Harry S Truman on 1950-07-12, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Authorizing the Appointment of Mrs. Ruth Edna McC. Somers to a Position in the Government Service Without Regard to the Civil Service Rules." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.
Constitutional Assessment: Reviewed under the Tenth Amendment and the principle of dual federalism, this order touches upon domains traditionally reserved to the sovereign States. The Framers would caution against any attempt to commandeer state officers or displace local police powers through federal executive fiat.
Key Directives & Operative Actions
▪Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Authorizing the Appointment of Mrs. Ruth Edna McC. Somers to a Position in the Government Service Without Regard to the Civil Service Rules.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
96
534 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
8.6
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 10143, Harry S Truman (Jul 12, 1950). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10143-authorizing-the-appointment-mrs-ruth-edna-mcc-somers-position-the.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the Civil Service Act of January 16, 1883 (22 Stat. 403, 404), it is hereby ordered that Mrs. Ruth Edna McC. Somers may be appointed to an appropriate position in the competitive service of the Government without regard to the requirements of the Civil Service Rules. Mrs. Somers is the widow of the late Andrew Lawrence Somers, who served for more than twenty-four years in the House of Representatives from the State of New York. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, July 12, 1950
