Executive Order 5188 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 5188—Exempting Indian Service Employees from Civil Service Rules Prohibiting Federal Employees from Holding Office Under State, County, or Municipal Government

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Tuesday, September 10, 1929

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1 min read (60 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 Herbert Hoover on 1929-09-10, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Exempting Indian Service Employees from Civil Service Rules Prohibiting Federal Employees from Holding Office Under State, County, or Municipal Government." 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

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Exempting Indian Service Employees from Civil Service Rules Prohibiting Federal Employees from Holding Office Under State, County, or Municipal Government.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Public Health & Medical Institutions

Total Words

366 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

17.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 5188, Herbert Hoover (Sep 10, 1929). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5188-exempting-indian-service-employees-from-civil-service-rules.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Executive orders of January 17, and 28, 1873, are further modified as follows: Officers and employees of the Indian Service serving in a medical or sanitary capacity on a part-time basis may, with the consent of the Secretary of the Interior, also hold state, county, or municipal positions of a similar character. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, September 10, 1929.