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Executive Order 10867 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10867—Readiness of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska To Assume the Functions Imposed Upon It

Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Saturday, February 20, 1960
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2 min read (361 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 1960-02-20, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Readiness of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska To Assume the Functions Imposed Upon It." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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 Readiness of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska To Assume the Functions Imposed Upon It.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
361
2,158 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
26.9
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 10867, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Feb 20, 1960). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10867-readiness-the-united-states-district-court-for-the-district-alaska.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
WHEREAS the act of July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, relating to the admission of the State of Alaska into the Union, provides that the United States District Court for the Territory of Alaska shall continue to function as theretofore for a period of three years after the effective date of that act, unless the President, by Executive order, shall sooner proclaim that the United States District Court for the District of Alaska, established in accordance with the provisions of that act, is prepared to assume the functions imposed upon it; and WHEREAS that act further provides that its provisions relating to the termination of the Jurisdiction of the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, the continuation of suits, the succession of courts, and the satisfaction of the rights of litigants in suits before such courts shall not be effective until the expiration of the above-mentioned three-year period or until such Executive order is issued; and that the tenure of the judges, the United States Attorneys, Marshals, and other officers of the United States District Court for the Territory of Alaska shall terminate at such time as that court shall cease to function; and WHEREAS, I have appointed, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and commissioned the Honorable Walter N. Hodge to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska, and he has taken his oath of office; and WHEREAS Judge Hodge has appointed an acting United States Attorney, an acting United States Marshal, and other court officers; and WHEREAS the United States District Court for the District of Alaska is now prepared to assume the functions imposed upon it: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the .authority vested in me by section 18 of the said act of July 7, 1958, hereby proclaim that the United States District Court for the District of Alaska is prepared to assume the functions imposed upon it. Accordingly, the Jurisdiction of the District Court for the Territory of Alaska and the tenure of the judges, the United States Attorneys, Marshals, and other officers of that court are now terminated. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, February 20, 1960.