Executive Order 10272 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
Executive Order 10272—Delegating to the Secretary of the Army the Authority of the President to Prescribe Rules, Regulations, and Restrictions with Respect to the Army and Navy Hospital At Hot Springs, Arkansas
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This executive order, signed by President Harry S Truman on 1951-07-10, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Delegating to the Secretary of the Army the Authority of the President to Prescribe Rules, Regulations, and Restrictions with Respect to the Army and Navy Hospital At Hot Springs, Arkansas." 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
▪That the Secretary of the Army be, and he is hereby, designated and empowered to exercise the authority vested in the President by section 1 of the act of June 30, 1881, 22 Stat.
▪6885 of October 23, 1934, shall continue in force and effect until amended, modified, or revoked by the Secretary of the Army in action taken pursuant to this order.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
🏛️ Public Health & Medical Institutions
Total Words
187
1,059 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
13.7
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 10272, Harry S Truman (Jul 10, 1951). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10272-delegating-the-secretary-the-army-the-authority-the-president.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the act of August 8, 1950, c. 646, 64 Stat. 419, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered that the Secretary of the Army be, and he is hereby, designated and empowered to exercise the authority vested in the President by section 1 of the act of June 30, 1881, 22 Stat. 117, 121, as amended (24 U.S.C. 18), to provide rules, regulations, and restrictions with respect to the Army and Navy hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas: Provided, that the rules, regulations, and restrictions prescribed under the authority of this order shall, so far as feasible, be uniform with those obtaining with respect to other hospitals under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army, and that those prescribed by the Executive order of August 25, 1892, as amended by Executive Order No. 6885 of October 23, 1934, shall continue in force and effect until amended, modified, or revoked by the Secretary of the Army in action taken pursuant to this order. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, July 10, 1951
