Executive Order 10532 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10532—Amendment of the List of Communicable Diseases Contained in Executive Order No. 9708 of March 26, 1946

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Friday, May 28, 1954

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1 min read (218 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 Dwight D. Eisenhower on 1954-05-28, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of the List of Communicable Diseases Contained in Executive Order No. 9708 of March 26, 1946." 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

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Amendment of the List of Communicable Diseases Contained in Executive Order No. 9708 of March 26, 1946.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners 🏛️ Public Health & Medical Institutions

Total Words

218

1,555 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

21.5

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10532, Dwight D. Eisenhower (May 28, 1954). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10532-amendment-the-list-communicable-diseases-contained-executive-order.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

WHEREAS Executive Order No. 9708 of March 26, 1946, specifies certain communicable diseases for the purpose of regulations providing for the apprehension, detention, or conditional release of individuals to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread of communicable diseases; and WHEREAS the National Advisory Health Council and the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service have recommended that the communicable disease Relapsing Fever (louse-borne) be likewise specified by including the designation thereof in the list of communicable diseases contained in the said Executive order; and WHEREAS it appears that such specification would be in the public interest: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 361 (b) of the Public Health Service Act, approved July 1, 1944 (58 Stat. 703; 42 U.S.C. 264), and as President of the United States, the list of communicable diseases contained in the said Executive Order No. 9708 is 'hereby amended by including therein a specification of the communicable disease Relapsing Fever (louse-borne), so that such list shall read as follows: "Anthrax, Chancroid, Cholera, Dengue, Diphtheria, Favus, Gonorrhea, Granuloma Inguinale, Infectious Encephalitis, Leprosy, Lymphogranuloma Venereum, Meningococcus Meningitis, Plague, Poliomyelitis, Psittacosis, Ringworm of the Scalp, Relapsing Fever (louse-borne), Scarlet Fever, Smallpox, Streptococcic Sore Throat, Syphilis, Trachoma, Tuberculosis, Typhoid Fever, Typhus, Yellow Fever." DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, May 28, 1954.