Executive Order 10859 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
Executive Order 10859—Revocation of Executive Order 10758 Establishing a Career Executive Program Within the Civil Service System, and Executive Order 10777, Amending Executive Order 10758
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 1960-02-05, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Revocation of Executive Order 10758 Establishing a Career Executive Program Within the Civil Service System, and Executive Order 10777, Amending Executive Order 10758." 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
▪10758 to Increase the membership of the Career Executive Board, are hereby revoked.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
96
571 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
9.2
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 10859, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Feb 5, 1960). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10859-revocation-executive-order-10758-establishing-career-executive.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the laws of the United States, including section 1753 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. 631) and the Civil Service Act of January 16, 1883 (22 Stat. 403), and as President of the United States, Executive Order No. 10758 of March 4, 1958, establishing a career executive program within the civil-service system, and Executive Order No. 10777 of August 6, 1958, amending Executive Order No. 10758 to Increase the membership of the Career Executive Board, are hereby revoked. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, February 5, 1960.
