Executive Order 11408 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 11408—Revoking Executive Order No. 9 of January 17, 1873, and Amendatory Orders, Relating to Dual Federal-State Office Holding, and Executive Order No. 9367 of August 4, 1943, Prohibiting Government Employees From Instructing Persons for Certain Government Examinations

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Thursday, April 25, 1968

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2 min read (330 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 Lyndon B. Johnson on 1968-04-25, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Revoking Executive Order No. 9 of January 17, 1873, and Amendatory Orders, Relating to Dual Federal-State Office Holding, and Executive Order No. 9367 of August 4, 1943, Prohibiting Government Employees From Instructing Persons for Certain Government Examinations." 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

▪ By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 7301 of title 5, United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1.

▪ 9367 of August 4,1943, are hereby revoked.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

330

1,850 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

16.7

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 11408, Lyndon B. Johnson (Apr 25, 1968). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-11408-revoking-executive-order-no-9-january-17-1873-and-amendatory-orders.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 7301 of title 5, United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1. Executive Order No. 9 of January 17, 1873, and Executive Order No. 9367 of August 4,1943, are hereby revoked. SEC. 2. All prior Executive orders insofar as they interpret or amend Executive Order No. 9 are hereby revoked. These include, but are not limited to, Executive Orders numbered 9-2, January 28, 1873; 653, June 13, 1907; 661, June 26, 1907; 1072, May 14, 1909; 1118, August 4, 1909; 1210, June 13, 1910; 1390, August 2, 1911; 1472, February 14, 1912; 1583, August 24, 1912; 1930, May 5, 1914; 1947, May 26, 1914; 1991, July 9, 1914; 2071, October 31, 1914; 2154, March 25, 1915; 2252, October 6, 1915; 2325, February 23, 1916; 2596, April 14,1917; 2819, March 9,1918; 3158, August 27, 1919; 3359, November 25, 1920; 3597, December 24, 1921; 3668, April 29, 1922; 3771, January 2, 1923; 3860, June 7, 1923; 3941, January 11, 1924; 4013, May 19, 1924; 4048, July 12, 1924; 4059, August 6, 1924; 4250, June 10, 1925; 4439, May 8, 1926; 4527, October 22, 1926; 4627, April 7, 1927; 5133, June 7, 1929; 5187, September 9, 1929; 5188, September 10, 1929; 5627, May 20, 1931; 5666, July 3, 1931; 5700, August 31, 1931; 6051, February 27, 1933; 6108, April 12, 1933; 6259, August 27, 1933; 6518, December 21, 1933; 6824, August 16, 1934; 7332, April 3, 1936; 7369, May 13, 1936; 7636, June 17, 1937; 7648, June 28, 1937; 7736, November 6, 1937; 7796, January 21, 1938; 7823, February 25, 1938; 7896, May 24, 1938; 7944, August 4, 1938; 8390, April 11, 1940; 8399, April 29, 1940; 8516, August 15, 1940; 8880, August 30, 1941; 9442, May 15, 1944; 9845, April 28, 1947; 10044, March 15, 1949; 10055, May 6, 1949; 10645, November 22, 1955. LYNDON B. JOHNSON The White House April 25, 1968