Executive Order 2051 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 2051—To Amend the Canal Zone Law Against Gambling

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Saturday, September 19, 1914

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1 min read (197 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 Woodrow Wilson on 1914-09-19, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "To Amend the Canal Zone Law Against Gambling." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: Evaluated against the Fifth Amendment, this action touches upon property or economic rights. An early statesman would insist upon strict adherence to due process of law and the constitutional guarantee that private holdings shall not be encumbered or taken for public purposes without just compensation and lawful process.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ By virtue of the authority vested in me I hereby establish the following order for the Canal Zone: Section 1 of Act No.

▪ 4, entitled "An Act to Prohibit Gambling in the Canal Zone, Isthmus of Panama, and to Provide for the Punishment of Violations thereof, and for other purposes" enacted by the Isthmian Canal Commission on August 22, 1904, is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 1.

▪ This order shall take effect thirty days from and after its publication in the Canal Record.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

197

1,109 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

16.1

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 2051, Woodrow Wilson (Sep 19, 1914). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-2051-amend-the-canal-zone-law-against-gambling.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me I hereby establish the following order for the Canal Zone: Section 1 of Act No. 4, entitled "An Act to Prohibit Gambling in the Canal Zone, Isthmus of Panama, and to Provide for the Punishment of Violations thereof, and for other purposes" enacted by the Isthmian Canal Commission on August 22, 1904, is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 1. Every person, within the limits of the Canal Zone, who shall play at any game whatever for any sum of money or other property of value, or shall bet any money or property upon any gambling table, bank, or device, or at or upon any other gambling device, or who shall bet upon any game played at or by means of any such gaming table or gambling device, shall, upon conviction, be fined in any sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment in jail not exceeding thirty (30) days, or shall suffer both such fine and imprisonment in the court's discretion. This order shall take effect thirty days from and after its publication in the Canal Record. WOODROW WILSON THE WHITE HOUSE, September 19, 1914.