De facto Commander-in-Chief Kennedy, Esq., issues Executive Order 10924, creating the Peace Corps.
Postscript: CONgress did not authorize the agency for another six months.
NOTE: As an attorney (Officer of the Court) Kennedy was ineligible to serve in two branches of government at the same time, according to Article I, Section 6 [Clause 2].
[restored 9/28/2022]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
“Law of the Jungle”
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References:
“Today in History,” Orange County (California) Register, 1 March 2010, News:6.
Brent K. Ashabranner, A Moment in History: The First Ten Years of the Peace Corps, (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1971), 93.