Executive Order 7658 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7658—Restoring to the Territory of Hawaii a Portion of the Fort De Russy Military Reservation

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Thursday, July 15, 1937

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1 min read (273 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 Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1937-07-15, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Restoring to the Territory of Hawaii a Portion of the Fort De Russy Military Reservation." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

▪ 141, 159, as amended by section 7 of the act of May 27, 1910, 36 Stat.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments

Total Words

273

1,510 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

10.1

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 7658, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jul 15, 1937). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7658-restoring-the-territory-hawaii-portion-the-fort-de-russy-military.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 91 of the act of April 30, 1900, 31 Stat. 141, 159, as amended by section 7 of the act of May 27, 1910, 36 Stat. 443, 447, it is ordered that the following-described parcel of land situate in the City and County of Honolulu, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, and comprising a part of the Fort De Russy Military Reservation, be, and it is hereby, restored to the Territory of Hawaii for its use in connection with the improvement of its highway system— reserving, however, to the United States tile right to construct on the said land a railroad from the Fort De Russy Military Reservation to the existing line of the Honolulu Rapid Transit and Land Company: Beginning at an iron pin in the makai side of Kalakaua Avenue, which, pin is 294.6 feet north and 1,345.6 feet east of a copper bolt set in a concrete monument on the makai side of Kalia Road, and from which iron pin the azimuth (measured clockwise from true south) and distance to the center of a concrete culvert is 154°20', 84.4 feet. Thence from said initial point, by true azimuths and distances, as follows: 29°10', 1,154.0 feet, to a point on the mauka side of Kalia Road; 308°10', 40.5 feet, along Kalia Road to a point; 209°10', 1,135.0 feet, to a point on the makai side of Kalakaua Avenue; 151°30', 47.35 feet, along said Kalakaua Avenue, to the point of beginning. The tract as described contains an area of 45,780 square feet. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, July 15, 1937.