Executive Order 10658 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
Executive Order 10658—Amendment of Executive Order No. 10478 of August 5, 1953, Delegating Certain Authority of the President to the Secretary of Defense
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This executive order, signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on 1956-02-15, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of Executive Order No. 10478 of August 5, 1953, Delegating Certain Authority of the President to the Secretary of Defense." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.
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
▪By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is ordered that Executive Order No.
▪10478 of August 5, 1953, delegating certain authority of the President to the Secretary of Defense, be, and it is hereby, amended as follows: 1.
▪Paragraph 1 of the said order is amended to read: "Except as otherwise provided in paragraph 3 hereof, there is hereby delegated to the Secretary of Defense (a) the authority vested in the President by subsection 4 (a) of the act of September 9, 1950, 64 Stat.
▪826), as amended, and those persons who would be, but for such membership, liable for registration under the provisions of the said section 4 (i), as amended." 2.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments
🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
🏛️ Public Health & Medical Institutions
Total Words
363
2,059 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
21.3
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 10658, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Feb 15, 1956). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10658-amendment-executive-order-no-10478-august-5-1953-delegating-certain.
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, and as President of the United States, it is ordered that Executive Order No. 10478 of August 5, 1953, delegating certain authority of the President to the Secretary of Defense, be, and it is hereby, amended as follows: 1. Paragraph 1 of the said order is amended to read: "Except as otherwise provided in paragraph 3 hereof, there is hereby delegated to the Secretary of Defense (a) the authority vested in the President by subsection 4 (a) of the act of September 9, 1950, 64 Stat. 826, as amended, to prescribe regulations with respect to the appointment, reappointment, and promotion of any person liable for induction under the act of September 9, 1950, as amended, or any member of a reserve component who has been or shall be ordered to active duty on or before July 1, 1957, as a physician, dentist, or in an allied specialist category in the armed forces (including the Public Health Service) of the United States; and (b) the authority vested in the President by subsection 4 (c) of the said act of September 9, 1950, as amended, to order to active duty in the armed forces of the United States, with or without their consent, those members of the reserve components of the armed forces of the United States who are registered under section 4 (1) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (64 Stat. 826), as amended, and those persons who would be, but for such membership, liable for registration under the provisions of the said section 4 (i), as amended." 2. The first sentence of paragraph 2 of the said order is amended to read: "Persons ordered to active duty in the armed forces of the United States pursuant to subsection 4 (c) of the said act of September 9, 1950, as amended, shall, so far as practicable, be ordered to active duty in accordance with the priorities established under subsection 4 (1) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (64 Stat. 826), as amended." DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, February 15, 1956.
