POWER-SITE RESTORATION NO. 479 IDAHO By virtue of the authority rested in me by the act of June 25, 1910 (ch. 421, 36 Stat. 847), as amended by the act of August 24, 1912 (ch. 369, 37 Stat. 497), it is hereby ordered that Executive orders of February 8 and July 2, 1910, creating, respectively, Temporary Power-Site Withdrawal No. 112 and Power-Site Reserve No. 112, as affected by Power-Site Interpretation No. 62, approved April 30, 1925, by Interpretation No. 159, approved November 5, 1930, and by Interpretation No. 195, approved June 16, 1932, be, and they are hereby, revoked as to the following-described lands: BOISE MERIDIAN T. 8 S., R. 6 E., sec. 2, lot 4, S½SW¼; sec. 3, SE¼SE¼; sec. 11, NE¼, N½NW¼, SE¼NW¼, and N½SE¼; sec. 12, SW¼NW¼, SW¼, and SW¼SE¼; sec. 13, W½NE¼, SE¼NE¼, N½NW¼, SE¼NW¼, E½SW¼, and SE¼; sec. 24, NE¼, N½SE¼, and SE¼SE¼. T. 9 S., R. 6 E., sec. 1, lots 2 and 3, S½NE¼, and SE¼; sec. 12, NE¼, SE¼NW¼, E½SW¼, and NW¼SE¼; sec. 13, W½NE¼, E½NW¼, and SE¼; sec. 24, E½E½; sec. 25, E½NE¼. T. 10 S., R. 6 E., sec. 12, E½E½; sec. 13, E½E½; sec. 24, E½E½. T. 8 S., R. 7 E., sec. 19, lots 2, 3, and 4, SE¼SW¼; sec. 30, lot 1, SW¼NE¼, E½NW¼, E½SW¼, W½SE¼, and SE¼SE¼; sec. 31, lots 3 and 4, NE¼, SE¼NW¼, E½SW¼, N½SE¼, and SW¼SE¼. T. 9 S., R. 7 E., sec. 18, lot 4; sec. 19, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, E½W½; sec. 29, SW¼NW¼, and SW¼; sec. 30, lots 1, 2, and 3, NW¼NE¼, S½NE¼, E½NW¼, NE¼SW¼, and N½SE¼; sec. 32, W½NE¼, N½NW¼, SE¼NW¼, E½SW¼, W½SE¼, and SE¼SE¼. T. 10 S., R. 7 E., every smallest legal subdivision any portion of which will, when surveyed, lie within one-quarter mile of the Bruneau River. T. 11 S., R. 7 E., every smallest legal subdivision any portion of which will, when surveyed, lie within one-quarter mile of the Bruneau River. T. 12 S., R. 7 E., sec. 3, lots 2, 3, and 4, SW¼NE¼, S½NW¼ SW¼, and W½SE¼; sec. 9, E½SE¼; sec. 10, W½NE¼, W½, and NW¼SE¼; sec. 15, SW¼NE¼, W½, and W½SE¼; sec. 16, NE¼NE¼; sec. 21, E½SE¼; sec. 22, W½NE¼, W½, and NW¼SE¼; sec. 27, W½NW¼; sec. 28, E½, E½SW¼; sec. 32, E½SE¼; sec. 33, W½NE¼, W½ NW¼SE¼; FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, June 14, 1934.
Executive Order 6739 ⚖️✨ Zone 2: Zone of Twilight Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
📜 Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations
Executive Order 6739—Revocation in Part of Executive Orders of February 8 and July 2, 1910, Creating Temporary Power-Site Withdrawal No. 112 and Power-Site Reserve No. 112
Executive Brief • At a Glance
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🎯 Primary Mandate
Executive orders of February 8 and July 2, 1910, creating, respectively, Temporary Power-Site Withdrawal No. 112 and Power-Site Reserve No. 112, as affected by Power-Site Interpretation No. 62, approved April 30, 1925, by Interpretation No. 159, approved November 5, 1930, and by Interpretation No. 195, approved June 16, 1932, be, and they are hereby, revoked as to the following-described lands: BOISE MERIDIAN T. 8 S., R. 6 E., sec. 2, lot 4, S½SW¼; sec. 3, SE¼SE¼; sec. 11, NE¼, N½NW¼, SE¼NW¼, and N½SE¼; sec. 12, SW¼NW¼, SW¼, and SW¼SE¼; sec. 13, W½NE¼, SE¼NE¼, N½NW¼, SE¼NW¼, E½SW¼, and SE¼; sec. 24, NE¼, N½SE¼, and SE¼SE¼.
⚖️ Constitutional Footing
⚖️✨ Zone 2: Zone of Twilight
Concurrent Authority / Congressional Silence
📜 Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations
🏛️ Scope & Affected Sectors
Executive Branch Departments General Body of the People
Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis
Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.
Signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 14, 1934, this order concerns Revocation in Part of Executive Orders of February 8 and July 2, 1910, Creating Temporary Power-Site Withdrawal No. 112 and Power-Site Reserve No. 112. Executive orders of February 8 and July 2, 1910, creating, respectively, Temporary Power-Site Withdrawal No. 112 and Power-Site Reserve No. 112, as affected by Power-Site Interpretation No. 62, approved April 30, 1925, by Interpretation No. 159, approved November 5, 1930, and by Interpretation No. 195, approved June 16, 1932, be, and they are hereby, revoked as to the following-described lands: BOISE MERIDIAN T. 8…
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
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Executive orders of February 8 and July 2, 1910, creating, respectively, Temporary Power-Site Withdrawal No. 112 and Power-Site Reserve No. 112, as affected by Power-Site Interpretation No. 62, approved April 30, 1925, by Interpretation No. 159, approved November 5, 1930, and by Interpretation No. 195, approved June 16, 1932, be, and they are hereby, revoked as to the following-described lands: BOISE MERIDIAN T. 8 S., R. 6 E., sec. 2, lot 4, S½SW¼; sec. 3, SE¼SE¼; sec. 11, NE¼, N½NW¼, SE¼NW¼, and N½SE¼; sec. 12, SW¼NW¼, SW¼, and SW¼SE¼; sec. 13, W½NE¼, SE¼NE¼, N½NW¼, SE¼NW¼, E½SW¼, and SE¼; sec. 24, NE¼, N½SE¼, and SE¼SE¼.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Policy Areas & Topics
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The Framers' Constitutional Council
1787 PrismEvaluating this order against the constitutional debates of 1787 and the limits of Article II executive power.
⚖️✨ Zone 2 (Zone of Twilight)
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"When the President acts in absence of either a congressional grant or denial of authority, he can only rely upon his own independent powers, but there is a zone of twilight in which he and Congress may have concurrent authority."
— Justice Robert H. Jackson, Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952) Concurrent Authority / Congressional Silence
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James Madison
Separation of Powers & Legislative Primacy
"Power is of an encroaching nature, and it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it." — Federalist No. 48 (1788)
Madison would view this order with watchful scrutiny. Operating in the 'Zone of Twilight' where Congress is silent, each such directive establishes an administrative precedent that steadily expands the executive perimeter at the expense of legislative primacy.
Madisonian Stance: Vigilant / Cautionary
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Alexander Hamilton
The Energetic Executive & Unified Command
"A feeble Executive implies a feeble execution of the government; and a government ill executed, whatever it may be in theory, must be, in practice, a bad government." — Federalist No. 70 (1788)
Hamilton would view this directive as the natural and indispensable functioning of administrative leadership. Without the power to coordinate agencies, manage personnel, and resolve operational ambiguities, the modern presidency would be reduced to an impotent figurehead.
Hamiltonian Stance: Defends Vigor & Dispatch
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George Mason
Bill of Rights, Due Process & 10th Amendment
"The president will be surrounded by flatterers and sycophants... and the great powers of the executive will gradually absorb the liberties of the people." — Cato IV (Anti-Federalist, 1787)
The Anti-Federalist prism advises continuous democratic vigilance. Even routine administrative directives aggregate centralized federal power away from town halls and state assemblies toward a distant executive apparatus.
Anti-Federalist Stance: Eternal Vigilance Required
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Five Measurable "Constitutional Friction" Dimensions
An objective audit measuring potential separation-of-powers tension against the United States Constitution and established Supreme Court doctrine.
⚖️ Discretionary Twilight Zone
26 / 100 friction index
Dimension 1 • Art. I, §1 & §8
Low Friction
Legislative Encroachment & Purse
Operates within delegated statutory execution without modifying legislative appropriations or taxing powers.
Benchmark: Power of the purse, taxes/tariffs, and rule of law reserved to Congress.
Dimension 2 • Art. II, §1 & §3
Low Friction
Executive Scope & Faithfulness
Exercises standard supervisory executive authority to faithfully execute existing statutes.
Benchmark: Faithfully execute laws enacted by Congress vs. unilateral decree.
Dimension 3 • 10th Amendment
Low Friction
Federalism & State Sovereignty
Confined strictly to internal federal jurisdiction, federal property, or direct military command.
Benchmark: Police powers and un-delegated responsibilities reserved to the States.
Dimension 4 • 5th & 14th Amendments
Low Friction
Due Process & Individual Rights
Focuses on internal governmental operations with no direct impairment of private rights or property.
Benchmark: Protection of private property, contracts, liberty, and procedural justice.
Dimension 5 • Separation of Powers
Moderate Friction
Youngstown Jacksonian Tier
The order relies on inherent Article II executive discretion, civil service management, or foreign diplomacy where Congress has neither expressly approved nor prohibited action.
Benchmark: Concurrent Authority / Congressional Silence
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Audit Synthesis
This order operates within Justice Jackson’s Zone of Twilight, resting upon concurrent presidential authority or congressional silence.
Weighted composite: Art. I (25%), Art. II (25%), Federalism (15%), Due Process (15%), Youngstown (20%).
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How to read these dimensions: Executive power expands whenever an administration acts without explicit statutory authorization from Congress (Article I), touches upon police powers historically reserved to the states (Tenth Amendment), or limits private rights and property without judicial process. A low friction score indicates strict concordance with enacted law; a high friction score highlights orders testing the limits of presidential discretion.
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 6739 (June 14, 1934), https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-6739-revocation-part-executive-orders-february-8-and-july-2-1910-creating.
