Executive Order 10788 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10788—Suspension of Compliance With Certain Statutory Provisions Relating to Employment in Canal Zone

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Friday, November 14, 1958

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1 min read (161 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 1958-11-14, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Suspension of Compliance With Certain Statutory Provisions Relating to Employment in Canal Zone." 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

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Suspension of Compliance With Certain Statutory Provisions Relating to Employment in Canal Zone.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

161

991 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10788, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Nov 14, 1958). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10788-suspension-compliance-with-certain-statutory-provisions-relating.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 202 of the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1959 (72 Stat. 236), and section 807 of the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1959 (72 Stat. 724), relating to certain kinds of employment in the Canal Zone, and deeming such course to be in the public interest, I hereby suspend, from and including the effective dates of those acts, compliance with the provisions of the designated sections: Provided, that this suspension shall not be construed to affect the provisions of such sections relating to the amount of compensation that may be received by persons employed in skilled, technical, clerical, administrative, executive, or supervisory positions on the Canal Zone directly or indirectly by any branch of the United States Government or by any corporation or company the stock of which is owned wholly or in part by the United States Government. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, November 14, 1958.