ALASKA By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 24 of the act of March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. 1095, 1103), and the act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 11, 34, 36), and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is ordered that the tract of land lying within the following-described boundaries be, and it is hereby, included in and made a part of the Tongass National Forest: Chs. Beginning at corner no. 1, which is identical with corner no. 3 of U.S. survey no. 1536, approximate latitude 58°23'41" N., longitude 134°32'57" W. Thence S. 26°41' W. 23.72 to corner no. 2 on east boundary of survey no. 1536 Thence west (a projected line) 19.34 more or less to corner no. 3 of U.S. survey no. 1530 39.54 to corner no. 3, identical with corner no. 2 of survey no. 1530 Thence south 6.98 to corner no. 4 on west boundary of survey no. 1530 Thence west 39.86 through public land to corner no. 5 of U.S. survey no. 2080 103.22 to corner no. 5, identical with corner no. 6 of survey no. 2080 Thence S. 36°04' W. 3.25 to corner no. 6, identical with corner no. 7 of survey no. 2080 Thence S. 63°05' W. 8.16 crossing Mendenhall River to corner no. 7, meander corner, identical with corner no. 2 and M.C. of U.S. survey no. 2091. Thence by meander along east boundary survey no. 2091 and the west bank of Mendenhall River (1) N. 50° E. 3.40 chains (2) N. 22° W. 2.30 " (3) N. 42°15' E. 11.10 " (4) N. 19°45' E. 14.90 " (5) N. 41°45' E. 9.50 " (6) S. 72°15' E. 16.60 " (7) N. 37°30' E. 3.80 " (8) N. 12° E. 2.10 " (9) N. 50°45' W. 7.44 " (10) N. 62° W. 3.50 " to corner no. 8, meander corner, identical with corner no. 5 and M.C. of survey no. 2091 Thence west 21.91 to corner no. 9, identical with corner no. 4 of U.S. survey no. 2178 Thence north 20.25 to corner no. 10, identical with corner no. 3 of survey no. 2178 Thence west 12.20 to corner no. 1l, identical with corner no. 4 of U.S. survey no. 2079 Thence north 18.20 to corner no. 12, identical with corner no. 3 of survey no. 2079 Corner no. 2 of U.S. survey no. 1536 bears N. 72°41' W., 35.03 chs. Thence S. 72°41' E. 148.40 to corner no. 1, the place of beginning. Area of tract is 553.70 acres, more or less. Variation 31°30' E. The withdrawal made by this order shall, as to any part of the land which is at this date legally appropriated under the public-land laws or reserved for any public purpose, be subject to and shall not interfere with or defeat legal rights under such appropriation, or prevent the use for such public purpose of the land so reserved, so long as such appropriation is legally maintained or such reservation remains in force. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, June 27, 1935.
Executive Order 7088 ⚖️✨ Zone 2: Zone of Twilight Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
📜 Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations
Executive Order 7088—Tongass National Forest
Executive Brief • At a Glance
⏱️ 3 min read (516 words) •
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🎯 Primary Mandate
The tract of land lying within the following-described boundaries be, and it is hereby, included in and made a part of the Tongass National Forest: Chs.
⚖️ Constitutional Footing
⚖️✨ Zone 2: Zone of Twilight
Concurrent Authority / Congressional Silence
📜 Art. II §1: Executive Discretion & Internal Operations
🏛️ Scope & Affected Sectors
Private Citizens & Property Owners
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 27, 1935, this order concerns Tongass National Forest. The tract of land lying within the following-described boundaries be, and it is hereby, included in and made a part of the Tongass National Forest: Chs. Beginning at corner no. 1, which is identical with corner no. 3 of U.S. survey no. 1536, approximate latitude 58°23'41" N., longitude 134°32'57" W. Thence S. 26°41' W. 23.72 to corner no. 2 on east boundary of survey no. 1536 Thence west (a projected line) 19.34…
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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The tract of land lying within the following-described boundaries be, and it is hereby, included in and made a part of the Tongass National Forest: Chs.
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Variation 31°30' E. The withdrawal made by this order shall, as to any part of the land which is at this date legally appropriated under the public-land laws or reserved for any public purpose, be subject to and shall not interfere with or defeat legal rights under such appropriation, or prevent the use for such public purpose of the land so reserved, so long as such appropriation is legally maintained or such reservation remains in force.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
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. 7088 (June 27, 1935), https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7088-tongass-national-forest.
