Executive Order 11250 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 11250—Administration of the Peace Corps in the Department of State

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Sunday, October 10, 1965

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1 min read (295 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 Lyndon B. Johnson on 1965-10-10, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Administration of the Peace Corps in the Department of State." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: Reviewed under the Tenth Amendment and the principle of dual federalism, this order touches upon domains traditionally reserved to the sovereign States. The Framers would caution against any attempt to commandeer state officers or displace local police powers through federal executive fiat.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 11041 of August 6, 1962, is hereby amended as follows: (1) By substituting for the preamble of the Order the following: "By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat.

▪ 612) and Section 301 of Title 3 of 395 the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: ".

▪ 551), are hereby delegated to the Secretary of State." (3) By substituting for Section 302 the following: "SEC.

▪ Pursuant to Section 10 (d) of the Act, it is hereby determined to be in furtherance of the purposes of the Act that functions authorized thereby may be performed without regard to the applicable laws specified in Sections 1 and 2 and with or without consideration as specified in Section 3 of Executive Order No.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities

Total Words

295

1,666 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

11.6

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 11250, Lyndon B. Johnson (Oct 10, 1965). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-11250-administration-the-peace-corps-the-department-state.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612) and Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows: SECTION 1. Executive Order No. 11041 of August 6, 1962, is hereby amended as follows: (1) By substituting for the preamble of the Order the following: "By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612) and Section 301 of Title 3 of 395 the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: ". (2) By re-lettering subsection (c) of Section 101 as subsection (d) and by inserting immediately before that subsection the following: "(c) The functions of prescribing regulations and making determinations conferred upon the President by Section 5 (b) of the Act of August 24, 1965 (79 Stat. 551), are hereby delegated to the Secretary of State." (3) By substituting for Section 302 the following: "SEC. 302. Determination. Pursuant to Section 10 (d) of the Act, it is hereby determined to be in furtherance of the purposes of the Act that functions authorized thereby may be performed without regard to the applicable laws specified in Sections 1 and 2 and with or without consideration as specified in Section 3 of Executive Order No. 11223 of May 12, 1965 (30 F.R. 6635), but, except as may be inappropriate, subject to limitations set forth in that order." SEC. 2. The provisions of this Order shall be deemed to have become effective as of August 24, 1965, except that Section 1(3) hereof shall be deemed to have become effective as of May 12, 1965. LYNDON B. JOHNSON The White House October 10, 1965