Executive Order 10991 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10991—Making a Change With Respect to the Membership of the Commission Established by Executive Order No. 10929, Relating to a Controversy Between Certain Carriers and Certain of Their Employees

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Tuesday, February 6, 1962

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1 min read (148 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 John F. Kennedy on 1962-02-06, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Making a Change With Respect to the Membership of the Commission Established by Executive Order No. 10929, Relating to a Controversy Between Certain Carriers and Certain of Their Employees." 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 as President of the United States, it is ordered that Executive Order No.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

148

942 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

24.8

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10991, John F. Kennedy (Feb 6, 1962). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10991-making-change-with-respect-the-membership-the-commission-established.

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, it is ordered that Executive Order No. 10929 of March 24, 1961 (which order provides for a commission to consider a controversy between, and involving certain proposals of, the carriers represented by the New York Harbor Conference Carriers' Committee and certain of their employees represented by various organizations named in the order, all such organizations being members of the Railroad Marine Harbor Council, AFL-CIO), be, and it is hereby, amended by substituting for the second sentence of section 1 thereof the following: "The commission shall consist of nine members designated by the President as follows: three members from among persons nominated by the carriers, three members from among persons nominated by the employees, and the chairman of the commission and two other members without nominations." JOHN F. KENNEDY THE WHITE HOUSE, February 6, 1962