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This executive order, signed by President Woodrow Wilson on 1917-04-07, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "2587A—Federal Employees Removal on Security Grounds." 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
▪Such removal may be made without other formality than that the reasons shall be made a matter of confidential record, subject, however, to inspection by the Civil Service Commission.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
🏛️ Public Health & Medical Institutions
Total Words
133
798 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
14.7
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 2587, Woodrow Wilson (Apr 7, 1917). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-2587a-federal-employees-removal-security-grounds.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
In the exercise of the vested in the President by the Constitution and the resolution of Congress of April 5, 1917, the following order is issued. The head of a department or independent office may forthwith remove any employee when he has ground for believing that the retention of such employee would be inimical to the public welfare by reason of his conduct, sympathies or utterances, or because of other reasons growing out of the war. Such removal may be made without other formality than that the reasons shall be made a matter of confidential record, subject, however, to inspection by the Civil Service Commission. This order is issued solely because of the present international situation, and will be withdrawn when the emergency is passed. WOODROW WILSON THE WHITE HOUSE, April 7, 1917.
