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Executive Order 10759 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10759—Amendment of Executive Order No. 10530, Providing for the Performance of Certain Functions Vested in or Subject to Approval of the President

Monday, March 17, 1958
1 min read (297 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on 1958-03-17, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of Executive Order No. 10530, Providing for the Performance of Certain Functions Vested in or Subject to Approval of the President." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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, it is ordered that subsection (b) of section 1 of Executive Order No.
10530 of May 10, 1954, entitled "Providing for the Performance of Certain Functions Vested in or Subject to the Approval of the President," be and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: "(b) The authority vested in the President by sections 1 (a) and 1 (b) of the act of August 2, 1946, ch.
806, 807, as amended by the act of February 12, 1958, 72 Stat.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
297
1,756 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
20.3
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10759, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Mar 17, 1958). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10759-amendment-executive-order-no-10530-providing-for-the-performance.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)