Executive Order 5513 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 5513—Amendment of Schedule B, Positions Which May Be Filled Upon Noncompetitive Examinations Under the Civil Service Rules

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Saturday, December 13, 1930

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1 min read (93 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 1930-12-13, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of Schedule B, Positions Which May Be Filled Upon Noncompetitive Examinations Under the Civil Service Rules." 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

▪ Subdivision X (State Department) of Schedule B, positions which may be filled upon noncompetitive examinations under the civil service rules, is hereby amended by the addition of a new paragraph, as follows: 2.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Foreign Nations & International Entities

Total Words

601 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

18.7

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.23

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 5513, Herbert Hoover (Dec 13, 1930). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5513-amendment-schedule-b-positions-which-may-be-filled-upon.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Subdivision X (State Department) of Schedule B, positions which may be filled upon noncompetitive examinations under the civil service rules, is hereby amended by the addition of a new paragraph, as follows: 2. Persons formerly employed abroad as United States diplomatic or consular officers of career or foreign service officers of career for the period of at least four years, for service in the Department of State as administrative officers or executive advisers in positions comparable in salary with the associate professional grade or higher. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, December 13, 1930.