Executive Order 7497 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.38)

Executive Order 7497—Amending the Instructions to Diplomatic Officers and the Consular Regulations

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Tuesday, November 17, 1936

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1 min read (230 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 1936-11-17, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending the Instructions to Diplomatic Officers and the Consular Regulations." 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

▪ Each request for permission to marry an alien shall be accompanied by the officer's resignation from the Foreign Service for such action as may be deemed appropriate.

▪ "No person married to an alien shall be designated to take the entrance examinations for the Foreign Service.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

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

Total Words

230

1,400 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

19.8

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.38

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 7497, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Nov 17, 1936). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7497-amending-the-instructions-diplomatic-officers-and-the-consular.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 1752 of the Revised Statutes (U.S.C., Title 22, section 132) I hereby prescribe Section XVI-21 of the Instructions to Diplomatic Officers and Section 459 of the Consular Regulations of the United States to read as follows: "Before contracting marriage with a person of foreign nationality each Foreign Service officer shall request and obtain permission so to do from the Secretary of State under such instructions as may be issued by him, and any officer who shall contract marriage with an alien without obtaining in advance the authorization of the Secretary of State shall be deemed guilty of insubordination and shall be separated from the Service. Each request for permission to marry an alien shall be accompanied by the officer's resignation from the Foreign Service for such action as may be deemed appropriate. "No person married to an alien shall be designated to take the entrance examinations for the Foreign Service. "This regulation is based upon the principle that officers of the Foreign Service are expected to be available in the discretion of the President for duty in any country or in any part of the world, and that anything which detracts from the availability of individual officers has an adverse effect upon their usefulness and upon the efficiency of the Service." FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, November 17, 1936.