Executive Order 7736 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
Executive Order 7736—Amendment of Executive Order of January 17, 1873, To Permit Any Officer or Employee of the Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John or the Municipality of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, To Be Appointed as Immigration Inspector for the Virgin Islands
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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1937-11-06, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of Executive Order of January 17, 1873, To Permit Any Officer or Employee of the Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John or the Municipality of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, To Be Appointed as Immigration Inspector for the Virgin Islands." 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
▪631), and as President of the United States, the Executive Order of January 17, 1873, as amended, prohibiting, with certain exceptions, officers and employees of the United States from holding any office under any State, territorial, municipal, or other local government, is hereby further amended so as to permit any officer or employee of the Municipality of St.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
121
721 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
12
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 7736, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Nov 6, 1937). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7736-amendment-executive-order-january-17-1873-permit-any-officer-or.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 1753 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (U.S.C., title 5, sec. 631), and as President of the United States, the Executive Order of January 17, 1873, as amended, prohibiting, with certain exceptions, officers and employees of the United States from holding any office under any State, territorial, municipal, or other local government, is hereby further amended so as to permit any officer or employee of the Municipality of St. Thomas and St. John or of the Municipality of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, to be appointed to and hold a position as Immigration Inspector for the Virgin Islands. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, November 6, 1937.
