Executive Order 10156 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10156—Designation of Certain Officers of the Department of the Interior to Act as Secretary of the Interior

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Saturday, August 26, 1950

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1 min read (235 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 Harry S Truman on 1950-08-26, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Designation of Certain Officers of the Department of the Interior to Act as Secretary of the Interior." 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

▪ 6), and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: 1.

▪ The Assistant Secretary of the Interior whose commission bears the earliest date, or, if the commissions of Assistant Secretaries bear the same date, the Assistant Secretary who first took the oath of office, shall be considered the ranking Assistant Secretary of the Interior for the purposes of paragraph 1(b) of this order.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

235

1,393 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

15.3

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10156, Harry S Truman (Aug 26, 1950). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10156-designation-certain-officers-the-department-the-interior-act.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 179 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (5 U.S.C. 6), and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: 1. (a) The Under Secretary of the Interior shall perform the duties of the Secretary of the Interior in case of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of the Secretary of the Interior. (b) The ranking Assistant Secretary of the Interior present shall perform the duties of the Secretary of the Interior in case of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of both the Secretary of the Interior and the Under Secretary of the Interior. (c) The Solicitor of the Department of the Interior shall perform the duties of the Secretary of the Interior in case of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of the Secretary, the Under Secretary, and the Assistant Secretaries of the Interior. 2. The Assistant Secretary of the Interior whose commission bears the earliest date, or, if the commissions of Assistant Secretaries bear the same date, the Assistant Secretary who first took the oath of office, shall be considered the ranking Assistant Secretary of the Interior for the purposes of paragraph 1(b) of this order. 3. This order supersedes Executive Order No. 9866 of June 14, 1947, entitled "Designation of Officers To Act as Secretary of the Interior." HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, August 26, 1950