Executive Order 10838 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10838—Further Amendment of Executive Order 10700, as Amended, Providing for the Operations Coordinating Board

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Wednesday, September 16, 1959

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1 min read (82 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 1959-09-16, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Further Amendment of Executive Order 10700, as Amended, Providing for the Operations Coordinating Board." 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

▪ By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes, and as President of the United States, it is ordered that section 1(b) (1) of Executive Order No.

▪ 10700 of February 25, 1957, as amended by Executive Order No.

▪ 10773 of July 1, 1958, be, and it is hereby amended to read as follows: "(1) the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, who shall represent the Secretary of State,".

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities

Total Words

466 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

11.5

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10838, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Sep 16, 1959). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10838-further-amendment-executive-order-10700-amended-providing-for-the.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes, and as President of the United States, it is ordered that section 1(b) (1) of Executive Order No. 10700 of February 25, 1957, as amended by Executive Order No. 10773 of July 1, 1958, be, and it is hereby amended to read as follows: "(1) the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, who shall represent the Secretary of State,". DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, September 16, 1959.