Executive Order 8880 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
Executive Order 8880—Amendment of Executive Order of January 17, 1873, To Permit an Officer or Employee of the Federal Government To Hold the Office of Chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico
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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1941-08-30, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of Executive Order of January 17, 1873, To Permit an Officer or Employee of the Federal Government To Hold the Office of Chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico." 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 Amendment of Executive Order of January 17, 1873, To Permit an Officer or Employee of the Federal Government To Hold the Office of Chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises
🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
125
760 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
17.5
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 8880, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Aug 30, 1941). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8880-amendment-executive-order-january-17-1873-permit-officer-or-employee.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of 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 to permit any officer or employee of the Federal Government to hold the office of Chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico: Provided , that, the holding of such office shall not, in any manner interfere or conflict with the incumbent's performance of his regular duties as an officer or employee of the Federal Government. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, August 30, 1941.
