Executive Order 8553 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 8553—Designating Lieutenant Colonel Lewis B. Hershey To Perform Certain Duties Under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940

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Saturday, September 28, 1940

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1 min read (105 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 Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1940-09-28, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Designating Lieutenant Colonel Lewis B. Hershey To Perform Certain Duties Under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: Scrutinized through Article II, Section 2, this action exercises the President's constitutional role as Commander in Chief. Early Framers recognized broad executive discretion in commanding military forces during conflict, provided it remains bounded by congressional declarations and respects civilian domestic courts.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ Hershey, Field Artillery, United States Army, be, and he is hereby, designated to perform all duties in connection with the administration of the Selective Service law prescribed in paragraph 119, section 3, Volume One (Organization and Administration) of the Selective Service Regulations.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

105

655 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 8553, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Sep 28, 1940). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8553-designating-lieutenant-colonel-lewis-b-hershey-perform-certain-duties.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 (Public No. 783, 76th Congress), it is hereby ordered that pending the appointment of a Director of Selective Service under the provisions of section 10 (a) (3) of the said Act, Lieutenant Colonel Lewis B. Hershey, Field Artillery, United States Army, be, and he is hereby, designated to perform all duties in connection with the administration of the Selective Service law prescribed in paragraph 119, section 3, Volume One (Organization and Administration) of the Selective Service Regulations. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, September 28, 1940.