Executive Order 9506 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9506—Modifying the Conditions Upon Which a Classified Status May Be Granted

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Tuesday, December 12, 1944

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1 min read (100 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 1944-12-12, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Modifying the Conditions Upon Which a Classified Status May Be Granted." 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

▪ As follows; Hereafter no person shall be accorded a classified civil service status on the basis of his name having been reached on a civil service register unless he shall have been regularly selected for appointment from a certificate issued by the Civil Service Commission for probational appointment and shall have entered on duty pursuant to selection from such certificate.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

100

595 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

16.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9506, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Dec 12, 1944). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9506-modifying-the-conditions-upon-which-classified-status-may-be-granted.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1753 of the Revised Statutes and by section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403), it is hereby ordered as follows; Hereafter no person shall be accorded a classified civil service status on the basis of his name having been reached on a civil service register unless he shall have been regularly selected for appointment from a certificate issued by the Civil Service Commission for probational appointment and shall have entered on duty pursuant to selection from such certificate. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, December 12, 1944.