Executive Order 10439 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10439—Amendment of Executive Order No. 10163 of September 25, 1950, Establishing the Armed Forces Reserve Medal

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Thursday, March 19, 1953

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2 min read (323 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 Dwight D. Eisenhower on 1953-03-19, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of Executive Order No. 10163 of September 25, 1950, Establishing the Armed Forces Reserve Medal." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

▪ By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States and as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, it is ordered that paragraph 3 of Executive Order No.

▪ 10163 of September 25, 1950, establishing the Armed Forces Reserve Medal, be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: 3.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments

Total Words

323

1,863 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

34.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10439, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Mar 19, 1953). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10439-amendment-executive-order-no-10163-september-25-1950-establishing.

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 as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, it is ordered that paragraph 3 of Executive Order No. 10163 of September 25, 1950, establishing the Armed Forces Reserve Medal, be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: 3. The Armed Forces Reserve Medal may be awarded to members or former members of the reserve components of the armed forces of the United States, Including the Coast Guard Reserve and the Marine Corps Reserve, who complete or have completed a total of ten years of honorable service In one or more of such reserve components, Including annual active-duty and Inactive-duty training as required by appropriate regulations: Provided (1) that such ten years of service Is, or has been, performed within a period of twelve consecutive years, (2) that such service shall not Include service In a regular component of the armed forces, Including the Coast Guard, but (a) service In a reserve component which is concurrent, In whole or In part, with service In a regular component of the armed forces shall be Included In computing the required ten years of reserve service, and (b) any period of tune during which reserve service is interrupted by service In a regular component of the armed forces shall be excluded In computing, and shall not be considered a break In, the said period of twelve consecutive years, and (3) that such service shall not Include service for which the Naval Reserve Medal or the Marine Corps Reserve Medal has been, or may be, awarded: And provided further, that any medal awarded hereunder shall be of the design distinctive of the reserve component in which the person to whom It is awarded is serving at the time of the award or In which such person last served. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, March 19, 1953.