Executive Order 10465 Constitutional Friction / Overreach (-0.19)

Executive Order 10465—Suspension of Certain Provisions of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947, as Amended, Which Relate to Officers of the Marine Corps

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Tuesday, June 30, 1953

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1 min read (145 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 1953-06-30, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Suspension of Certain Provisions of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947, as Amended, Which Relate to Officers of the Marine Corps." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: An early statesman would regard this order with wariness, cautioning that energetic executive discretion must never eclipse the enumerated boundaries established by the representatives of the people in Congress.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 426 (c) of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947, as amended by section 1 (h) of the act of June 30, 1951, 65 Stat.

▪ 2914 of December 16, 1950, shall end.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

145

838 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

11.2

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

-0.19

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10465, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Jun 30, 1953). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10465-suspension-certain-provisions-the-officer-personnel-act-1947-amended.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 426 (c) of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947, as amended by section 1 (h) of the act of June 30, 1951, 65 Stat. 109, it is ordered as follows: 1. The operation of those provisions of Title III of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947, as amended, which relate to the distribution in grades, promotion by selection, temporary promotion, and discharge on second failure of selection for promotion, of officers of the Marine Corps of the grades of major, captain, first lieutenant, and second lieutenant is hereby suspended until June 30 of the fiscal year following that in which the national emergency proclaimed by Proclamation No. 2914 of December 16, 1950, shall end. 2. This order supersedes Executive Order No. 10365 of June 24, 1952. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, June 30, 1953.