Executive Order 5250 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 5250—Establishing a Pardon Board for the Panama Canal Zone

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Tuesday, December 31, 1929

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1 min read (153 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 Herbert Hoover on 1929-12-31, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Establishing a Pardon Board for the Panama Canal Zone." 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 by section 7 of the act of Congress approved August 24, 1912, known as "The Panama Canal Act," as amended by the act of Congress of September 21, 1922, section 1 of the Executive order of March 5, 1924, is amended to read as follows: "Sec.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities

Total Words

153

893 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

23.2

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 5250, Herbert Hoover (Dec 31, 1929). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5250-establishing-pardon-board-for-the-panama-canal-zone.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 7 of the act of Congress approved August 24, 1912, known as "The Panama Canal Act," as amended by the act of Congress of September 21, 1922, section 1 of the Executive order of March 5, 1924, is amended to read as follows: "Sec. 1. The Governor of the Panama Canal is hereby empowered to grant pardons, paroles, and reprieves for offenses against the laws, orders, and regulations of the Canal Zone, and to commute sentences and remit fines and forfeitures: Provided, however, That no pardon, parole, reprieve, or commutation of sentence shall be granted by the governor, and no fine or forfeiture shall be remitted, until an application therefor shall have been submitted to a pardon board of five members, to be designated by the governor, and approved in writing by the majority thereof." HERBERT HOOVER The White House, December 31, 1929.