Executive Order 8371 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 8371—Amending Section 3 of Executive Order No. 8044 of January 31, 1939, and Appointing Attorney General Robert H. Jackson a Member of the Committee To Investigate and Report Methods for Selecting and Promoting Certain Personnel in Civil Service

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Saturday, March 9, 1940

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1 min read (166 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1940-03-09, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending Section 3 of Executive Order No. 8044 of January 31, 1939, and Appointing Attorney General Robert H. Jackson a Member of the Committee To Investigate and Report Methods for Selecting and Promoting Certain Personnel in Civil Service." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 403, 404), and as President of the United States, it is ordered that section 3 of Executive Order No.

▪ 8044 of January 31, 1939, be and it is hereby amended to read as follows: 3.

▪ A committee is hereby appointed consisting of the following: Mr.

▪ Gano Dunn Such committee shall make a comprehensive study of methods of recruiting, testing, selecting, promoting, transferring, removing and reinstating personnel for the positions to which this order relates, and report to the President as soon as possible its recommendations thereon.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

166

1,020 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

9.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 8371, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Mar 9, 1940). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8371-amending-section-3-executive-order-no-8044-january-31-1939-and.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution, by section 1753 of the Revised Statutes (U.S.C., title 5, sec. 631), by the Civil Service Act of January 16, 1883 (22 Stat. 403, 404), and as President of the United States, it is ordered that section 3 of Executive Order No. 8044 of January 31, 1939, be and it is hereby amended to read as follows: 3. A committee is hereby appointed consisting of the following: Mr. Justice Stanley Reed, Chairman Mr. Justice Felix Frankfurter Mr. Justice Frank Murphy Attorney General Robert H. Jackson William H. McReynolds, Administrative Assistant to the President Mr. Leonard D. White General Robert E. Wood Mr. Gano Dunn Such committee shall make a comprehensive study of methods of recruiting, testing, selecting, promoting, transferring, removing and reinstating personnel for the positions to which this order relates, and report to the President as soon as possible its recommendations thereon. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, March 9, 1940.