Executive Order 10682 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10682—Amendment of Section 2(c) of Executive Order 10530, Delegating to the Civil Service Commission the Authority of the President To Exempt Certain Employees From Automatic Separation From the Service

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Monday, October 22, 1956

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1 min read (151 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 1956-10-22, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of Section 2(c) of Executive Order 10530, Delegating to the Civil Service Commission the Authority of the President To Exempt Certain Employees From Automatic Separation From the Service." 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

▪ 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, I hereby amend subsection (c) of section 2 of Executive Order No.

▪ 404, to exempt from automatic separation from the service under the said section 204 any person when, in his judgment, the public interest so requires, and (2) by subsection (c) of section 5 of the Civil Service Retirement Act of July 31, 1956, 70 Stat.

▪ 748, to exempt from automatic separation from the service under the said section 5 any employee when, in his Judgment, the public interest so requires." DWIGHT D.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

151

841 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

14.6

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10682, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Oct 22, 1956). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10682-amendment-section-2c-executive-order-10530-delegating-the-civil.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

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, I hereby amend subsection (c) of section 2 of Executive Order No. 10530 of May 10, 1954, to read as follows: "(c) Except as to Presidential appointees, the authority vested in the President (1) by section 204 of the act of June 30, 1932, 47 Stat. 404, to exempt from automatic separation from the service under the said section 204 any person when, in his judgment, the public interest so requires, and (2) by subsection (c) of section 5 of the Civil Service Retirement Act of July 31, 1956, 70 Stat. 748, to exempt from automatic separation from the service under the said section 5 any employee when, in his Judgment, the public interest so requires." DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, October 22, 1956.