Presidential Order Constitutional Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order

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Friday, March 14, 1873

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1 min read (183 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 Ulysses S. Grant on 1873-03-14, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Executive Order." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: Evaluated against the Fifth Amendment, this action touches upon property or economic rights. An early statesman would insist upon strict adherence to due process of law and the constitutional guarantee that private holdings shall not be encumbered or taken for public purposes without just compensation and lawful process.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Executive Order.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

183

1,124 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

75.6

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.23

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order, "Executive Order," Ulysses S. Grant (Mar 14, 1873). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-351.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

In consequence of the peculiar and confidential relations which from the nature of the service must exist and be maintained between the Department of State and its clerks, rules 2, 3, and 4 of the rules and regulations for the civil service promulgated by the President 19th of December, 1871, as amended by the Executive order 16th of April, 1872, shall in their application to that Department be modified as follows, namely: Vacancies occurring in any grade of consulates or clerkships in the Department may be filled either by transfer from some other grade or service clerical, consular, or diplomatic--under the Department of State, or by the appointment of some person who has previously served under the Department of State to its satisfaction, or by the appointment of some person who has made application to the Secretary of State, with proper certificates of character, responsibility, and capacity, in the manner provided for applications for consulates of which the lawful annual compensation is more than $1,000 and less than $3,000, and who has on examination been found qualified for the position. U. S. GRANT