Executive Order 7796 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
Executive Order 7796—Amending Executive Order of January 17, 1873, to Permit Certain Employees of Department of the Interior to Hold State, Territorial, and Municipal Offices, etc.
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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1938-01-21, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending Executive Order of January 17, 1873, to Permit Certain Employees of Department of the Interior to Hold State, Territorial, and Municipal Offices, etc.." 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 Amending Executive Order of January 17, 1873, to Permit Certain Employees of Department of the Interior to Hold State, Territorial, and Municipal Offices, etc..
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises
🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
254
1,574 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
30.4
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 7796, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jan 21, 1938). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7796-amending-executive-order-january-17-1873-permit-certain-employees.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 1753 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (U.S.C., title 5, sec. 631), and as President of the United States, the Executive Order of January 17, 1873, as amended, prohibiting, with certain exceptions, Federal officers and employees from holding state, territorial, and municipal offices, is hereby further amended so as (1) to permit officers and employees of the Department of the Interior, upon approval of the Secretary of the Interior, to hold office under state, territorial, and municipal governments engaged in cooperative and related work with the Department of the Interior, as authorized by Federal and state laws: Provided , that the services to be performed by them shall pertain to such work and shall not in any manner interfere or conflict with the performance of their duties as officers or employees of the Federal Government; and (2) to permit state, territorial, and municipal officers or employees engaged in cooperative and related work with the Department of the Interior, unless prohibited by law, to accept appointment in and serve under the Department of the Interior when the Secretary of the Interior deems such employment necessary to secure a more efficient administration of the said work: Provided , that the appointment of any such officer or employee to a position subject to the civil-service laws in the Department of the Interior shall be made in accordance with civil-service laws, rules, and regulations. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, January 21, 1938.
