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This executive order, signed by President Andrew Johnson on 1865-06-07, 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: 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
▪Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Executive Order.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities
Total Words
125
862 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
23.5
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order, "Executive Order," Andrew Johnson (Jun 7, 1865). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-428.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
CIRCULAR. ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S OFFICE By direction of the President, all persons belonging to the excepted classes enumerated in the President's amnesty proclamation of May 29, 1865, who may make special applications to the President for pardon are hereby notified that before their respective applications will be considered it must be shown that they have respectively taken and subscribed the oath (or affirmation) in said proclamation prescribed. Every such person desiring a special pardon should make personal application in writing therefor, and should transmit with such application the original oath (or affirmation) as taken and subscribed before an officer authorized under the rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of State to administer the amnesty oath prescribed in the said proclamation of the President. JAMES SPEED, Attorney-General.
