Executive Order 6518 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 6518—Waiving Provisions of Executive Order of January 17, 1873, Prohibiting Federal Officers and Employees From Holding State or Municipal Offices, as to Martin Conboy

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Thursday, December 21, 1933

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2 min read (341 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 Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1933-12-21, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Waiving Provisions of Executive Order of January 17, 1873, Prohibiting Federal Officers and Employees From Holding State or Municipal Offices, as to Martin Conboy." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

▪ 631), the provisions of the Executive order of January 17, 1873, as amended, prohibiting, with certain exceptions, Federal officers and employees from holding State or municipal offices, are hereby waived as to the said Martin Conboy in connection with the performance of his aforesaid duties as special assistant attorney general of the State of New York.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises 🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

341

2,020 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

25.7

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 6518, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Dec 21, 1933). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-6518-waiving-provisions-executive-order-january-17-1873-prohibiting.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Whereas Martin Conboy has been appointed to the Federal office of United States attorney for the southern district of New York; and Whereas the said Martin Conboy has also been appointed to the State office of special assistant attorney general of the State of New York to conduct (1) the defense of certain actions brought in the Supreme Court of Erie County, New York, by Joseph J. Lunghino against Joseph A. Broderick, Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, and others, and (2) investigations and prosecutions pursuant to the proclamation of October 6, 1933, of the Governor of the State of New York convening an extraordinary special and trial term of the Supreme Court of Kings County on November 1, 1933, for the purpose of inquiring into any and all unlawful acts in relation to the investigation, indictment, prosecution, sentence, and/or commitment in the case of the People of the State of New York v. Jacob Mellon, Edward Lollo, and Morris Rothenberg , in the County Court of Kings County, and for the purpose of inquiring into any and all unlawful acts relating to the conduct of the laundry trade or business; and Whereas the performance of the duties of the said Martin Conboy as special assistant attorney general of the State of New York with respect to the above-mentioned matters will be to the public interest and will not prevent the faithful discharge of his duties as United States attorney of the southern district of New York; Now, Therefore , by virtue of the authority vested in me under section 1753 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (title 5, U.S.C., sec. 631), the provisions of the Executive order of January 17, 1873, as amended, prohibiting, with certain exceptions, Federal officers and employees from holding State or municipal offices, are hereby waived as to the said Martin Conboy in connection with the performance of his aforesaid duties as special assistant attorney general of the State of New York. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, December 21, 1933.