Executive Order 10645 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10645—Amendment of Executive Order No. 9 of January 17, 1873, To Permit an Officer or Employee of the Federal Government To Hold the Office of Member of the State Board of Agriculture of the State of Michigan

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Tuesday, November 22, 1955

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1 min read (128 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 1955-11-22, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of Executive Order No. 9 of January 17, 1873, To Permit an Officer or Employee of the Federal Government To Hold the Office of Member of the State Board of Agriculture of the State of Michigan." 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 Amendment of Executive Order No. 9 of January 17, 1873, To Permit an Officer or Employee of the Federal Government To Hold the Office of Member of the State Board of Agriculture of the State of Michigan.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises 🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

128

769 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

17.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10645, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Nov 22, 1955). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10645-amendment-executive-order-no-9-january-17-1873-permit-officer-or.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1753 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (5 U.S.C. 631), and as President of the United States, Executive Order No. 9 of January 17, 1873, as amended, prohibiting, with certain exceptions, Federal officers and employees from holding State, territorial, and municipal offices, is hereby further amended so as to permit any officer or employee of the Federal Government to hold the office of Member of the State Board of Agriculture of the State of Michigan: Provided, That the holding of such office shall not in any manner interfere or conflict with the incumbent's performance of his regular duties as an officer or employee of the Federal Government. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, November 22, 1955.