Executive Order 7817 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7817—Designating the Honorable Martin Travieso as Acting Judge of the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico

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Wednesday, February 16, 1938

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1 min read (120 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 1938-02-16, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Designating the Honorable Martin Travieso as Acting Judge of the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

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

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Designating the Honorable Martin Travieso as Acting Judge of the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises

Total Words

120

685 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

18.8

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 7817, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Feb 16, 1938). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7817-designating-the-honorable-martin-travieso-acting-judge-the-district.

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 41 of the act entitled "An Act To provide a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes", approved March 2, 1917 (39 Stat. 965), I hereby designate and authorize the Honorable Martin Travieso, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, to perform and discharge the duties of the Judge of the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico and to sign all necessary papers and records as Acting Judge of the said Court in the case of absence, illness, or other legal disability of the Judge thereof during the current calendar year. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, February 16, 1938.