Executive Order 10950 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
Executive Order 10950—Designating the Secretary of the Interior as the Representative of the President to Approve Selections by the State of Alaska of Public Lands Lying North and West of the National Defense Withdrawal Line
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This executive order, signed by President John F. Kennedy on 1961-06-27, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Designating the Secretary of the Interior as the Representative of the President to Approve Selections by the State of Alaska of Public Lands Lying North and West of the National Defense Withdrawal Line." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.
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
▪Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Designating the Secretary of the Interior as the Representative of the President to Approve Selections by the State of Alaska of Public Lands Lying North and West of the National Defense Withdrawal Line.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments
🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities
Total Words
187
1,078 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
22.5
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 10950, John F. Kennedy (Jun 27, 1961). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10950-designating-the-secretary-the-interior-the-representative-the.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 6(b) of the Alaska Statehood Act of July 7, 1958 (72 Stat. 339), and as President of the United States, I hereby designate the Secretary of the Interior as my representative to exercise the authority vested in me by section 6(b) of the act to approve selections of land made by the State of Alaska under the provisions of section 6(b) in instances in which those selections include land lying north and west of the line described in section 10(b) of the act: Provided, That no selection by the State shall be approved pursuant to this order, in whole or in part, without the concurrence of the Secretary of Defense or his designated representative. As the Secretary of the Interior may direct, the Under Secretary of the Interior, an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, or the Operations Supervisors of the Bureau of Land Management in Alaska are severally authorized to exercise the authority vested in the Secretary by this order. JOHN F. KENNEDY THE WHITE HOUSE, June 27, 1961
