Presidential Order Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order—Concerning Commercial Regulations

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Friday, September 4, 1863

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1 min read (136 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 Abraham Lincoln on 1863-09-04, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "—Concerning Commercial Regulations." 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

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on —Concerning Commercial Regulations.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

136

804 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

30.6

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order, "Executive Order—Concerning Commercial Regulations," Abraham Lincoln (Sep 4, 1863). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-concerning-commercial-regulations.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Ordered , That the Executive order dated November 21, 1862, prohibiting the exportation from the United States of arms, ammunition, or munitions of war, under which the commandants of departments were, by order of the Secretary of War dated May 13, 1863, directed to prohibit the purchase and sale for exportation from the United States of all horses and mules within their respective commands, and to take and appropriate to the use of the United States any horses, mules, and live stock designed for exportation, be so far modified that any arms heretofore imported into the United States may be reexported to the place of original shipment. and that any live stock raised in any State or Territory bounded by the Pacific Ocean may be exported from any port of such State or Territory. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.