Executive Order 7816 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7816—Transferring Portions of Amaknak Island to the Control and Jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy, Alaska

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Tuesday, February 15, 1938

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1 min read (180 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 1938-02-15, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Transferring Portions of Amaknak Island to the Control and Jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy, Alaska." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

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

▪ 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, ch.

▪ 497, and as President of the United States, it is ordered that those portions of Amaknak Island, Alaska, withdrawn and set aside by Executive Order No.

▪ 1733 of March 3, 1913, as amended by Executive Order No.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

180

1,040 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

10.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 7816, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Feb 15, 1938). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7816-transferring-portions-amaknak-island-the-control-and-jurisdiction-the.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested 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, and as President of the United States, it is ordered that those portions of Amaknak Island, Alaska, withdrawn and set aside by Executive Order No. 1733 of March 3, 1913, as amended by Executive Order No. 5243 of December 19, 1929, and Executive Order No. 6044 of February 23, 1933, for the use of the Department of Agriculture, including the Alaska Game Commission, and for the protection of the fishing rights of Alaska natives, be, and they are hereby, transferred to the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy for naval uses, subject to use by the Department of Agriculture and Alaska natives, for the purposes for which such lands were originally withdrawn and set aside, when such use will not interfere with naval activities. The above-mentioned executive orders are modified accordingly. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, February 15, 1938.