Executive Order 10879 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10879—Establishing the White House Service Certificate and the White House Service Badge

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Wednesday, June 1, 1960

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1 min read (292 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 1960-06-01, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Establishing the White House Service Certificate and the White House Service Badge." 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 as President of the United States, and as Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, it is ordered as follows: 1.

▪ There is hereby established a White House Service Certificate, to be awarded in the name of the President of the United States, as public evidence of deserved honor and distinction, to members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, other than the Presidential Aides, who have been detailed to duty in the White House for at least one year subsequent to January 20, 1953.

▪ The White House Service Certificate shall be of appropriate design, approved by the Secretary of the Army, and shall be awarded by the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, or the Secretary of the Air Force, upon recommendation of the Presidential Military, Naval, or Air Force Aide, as the case may be, to military personnel of their respective services.

▪ A White House Service Badge, the design of which accompanies and is hereby made a part of this order, is hereby established and may be issued to any member of the armed forces detailed to duty in the White House, other than the Presidential Aides.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

292

1,663 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

17.3

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10879, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Jun 1, 1960). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10879-establishing-the-white-house-service-certificate-and-the-white-house.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and as Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, it is ordered as follows: 1. There is hereby established a White House Service Certificate, to be awarded in the name of the President of the United States, as public evidence of deserved honor and distinction, to members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, other than the Presidential Aides, who have been detailed to duty in the White House for at least one year subsequent to January 20, 1953. 2. The White House Service Certificate shall be of appropriate design, approved by the Secretary of the Army, and shall be awarded by the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, or the Secretary of the Air Force, upon recommendation of the Presidential Military, Naval, or Air Force Aide, as the case may be, to military personnel of their respective services. 3. A White House Service Badge, the design of which accompanies and is hereby made a part of this order, is hereby established and may be issued to any member of the armed forces detailed to duty in the White House, other than the Presidential Aides. The badge may be worn as a part of the uniform of those individuals, during the period of their detail to White House duty, under such regulations as the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense, may severally prescribe. 4. No more than one White House Service Certificate shall be awarded to any person. 5. The service certificate established by this order may be granted posthumously. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, June 1, 1960.