Executive Order 8532 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
Executive Order 8532—Amending Paragraph 1 of Executive Order No. 8458 of June 27, 1940, Directing the Civil Service Commission To Establish a Replacement List of Non-Civil Service Employees for Use for Temporary Appointments to National-Defense Positions
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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1940-09-04, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending Paragraph 1 of Executive Order No. 8458 of June 27, 1940, Directing the Civil Service Commission To Establish a Replacement List of Non-Civil Service Employees for Use for Temporary Appointments to National-Defense Positions." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.
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
▪403), and as President of the United States, it is ordered that paragraph 1 of Executive Order No.
▪8458 of June 27, 1940, be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: 1.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
144
864 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
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Flesch-Kincaid
11.6
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 8532, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Sep 4, 1940). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8532-amending-paragraph-1-executive-order-no-8458-june-27-1940-directing.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1753 of the Revised Statutes (U.S.C., title 5, sec. 631), by the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403), and as President of the United States, it is ordered that paragraph 1 of Executive Order No. 8458 of June 27, 1940, be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: 1. The Civil Service Commission shall establish a replacement list of employees who do not possess a competitive civil-service status, who have been involuntarily separated from the Federal service, with good records, on or after June 30, 1939, and who have had at least six months of Government service immediately prior to separation; such list to be used for temporary appointments to national-defense positions for terms not extending beyond the duration of the national-defense program. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, September 4, 1940.
