Executive Order 10796 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10796—Amendment of Executive Order No. 10655 Relating to the Air Coordinating Committee

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Wednesday, December 24, 1958

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1 min read (217 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 1958-12-24, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of Executive Order No. 10655 Relating to the Air Coordinating Committee." 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

▪ By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1.

▪ 665), is amended to read as follows: "1 (a) The Air Coordinating Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Committee), established by Executive Order No.

▪ 9781 of September 19, 1946, as amended by Executive Order No.

▪ 10360 of June 11, 1952, shall have as members one representative from each of the following-named agencies (hereinafter referred to as member agencies): the Departments of State, the Treasury, Post Office, and Commerce, the Federal Aviation Agency, the military departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, the Civil Aeronautics Board, and the Federal Communications Commission.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Financial Institutions & Monetary Authorities

Total Words

217

1,321 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

11.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10796, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Dec 24, 1958). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10796-amendment-executive-order-no-10655-relating-the-air-coordinating.

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, it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1. Paragraph 1 (a) of Executive Order No. 10655 of January 28, 1956 (21 F. R. 665), is amended to read as follows: "1 (a) The Air Coordinating Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Committee), established by Executive Order No. 9781 of September 19, 1946, as amended by Executive Order No. 10360 of June 11, 1952, shall have as members one representative from each of the following-named agencies (hereinafter referred to as member agencies): the Departments of State, the Treasury, Post Office, and Commerce, the Federal Aviation Agency, the military departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, the Civil Aeronautics Board, and the Federal Communications Commission. The members of the Committee shall be designated by the respective heads of the member agencies. The member representing the Federal Aviation Agency shall be the Chairman of the Committee. The Director of the Bureau of the Budget and the Director of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization shall each designate one representative of his agency as a non-voting member of the Committee." SEC. 2. Executive Order No. 10754 of February 22, 1958 (23 F. R. 1191), is hereby revoked. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, December 24, 1958.