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This executive order, signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on 1955-05-07, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Delegating to the Secretary of State Authority To Appoint Alternate United States Commissioners to the Caribbean Commission." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.
Constitutional Assessment: Reviewed under the Tenth Amendment and the principle of dual federalism, this order touches upon domains traditionally reserved to the sovereign States. The Framers would caution against any attempt to commandeer state officers or displace local police powers through federal executive fiat.
Key Directives & Operative Actions
▪Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Delegating to the Secretary of State Authority To Appoint Alternate United States Commissioners to the Caribbean Commission.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities
Total Words
128
776 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
14.9
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 10609, Dwight D. Eisenhower (May 7, 1955). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10609-delegating-the-secretary-state-authority-appoint-alternate-united.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code (65 Stat. 713), and as President of the United States, it is ordered that the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, designated and empowered to exercise, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, so much of the authority vested in the President by the first section of the Joint Resolution of March 4, 1948, entitled "Joint Resolution providing for membership and participation by the United States in the Caribbean Commission and authorizing an appropriation therefor" (62 Stat. 66; 22 U.S.C. 280h) as consists of authority to appoint alternate United States Commissioners to the Caribbean Commission. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, May 7, 1955.
