Executive Order 5707 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 5707—Amendments to Regulations Governing the Occupation and Maintenance of Certain Foreign Service Quarters

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Friday, September 4, 1931

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1 min read (149 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 1931-09-04, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendments to Regulations Governing the Occupation and Maintenance of Certain Foreign Service Quarters." 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

▪ The following changes are authorized in the regulations established by Executive Order No.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

149

911 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

12.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.23

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 5707, Herbert Hoover (Sep 4, 1931). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5707-amendments-regulations-governing-the-occupation-and-maintenance.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

The following changes are authorized in the regulations established by Executive Order No. 5624, dated May 15, 1931, governing the occupation and maintenance of diplomatic or consular residential and office quarters owned or leased for long terms by the United States: (a) The phrase "in the quarters used for residence purposes" is added to the end of section 15. (b) Section 20 is amended to read as follows: 20. The Department of State will bear the cost of renewing and repairing office furniture and the cost of ordinary and periodical cleaning, including the beating of carpets, the cleaning or washing of curtains, etc., used in the offices; but the cost of ordinary and periodical cleaning, including the beating of carpets, the cleaning or washing of curtains, etc., in the quarters used for residence purposes must be borne by the officer personally. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, September 4, 1931.