Executive Order 7842 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7842—Exemption of James Robertson From Compulsory Retirement for Age

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Tuesday, March 15, 1938

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1 min read (220 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 1938-03-15, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Exemption of James Robertson From Compulsory Retirement for Age." 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

▪ 7613 of April 27, 1937, be further exempted from the provisions of this section and continued in the service until June 1, 1939; Now, Therefore , by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the aforesaid section, I do hereby exempt James Robertson from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until June 1, 1939.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

220

1,319 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

21.1

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 7842, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Mar 15, 1938). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7842-exemption-james-robertson-from-compulsory-retirement-for-age.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Whereas section 204 of the act of June 30, 1932, 47 Stat. 382, 404 (U.S. Code, Title 5, section 715a), provides: "On and after July 1, 1932, no person rendering civilian service in any branch or service of the United States Government or the municipal government of the District of Columbia who shall have reached the retirement age prescribed for automatic separation from the service, applicable to such person, shall be continued in such service, notwithstanding any provision of law or regulation to the contrary: Provided , That the President may, by Executive Order, exempt from the provisions of this section any person when, in his judgment, the public interest so requires * * *"; And Whereas the public interest requires that James Robertson, Director of the Nautical Almanac Office, Naval Observatory, Navy Department, who was exempted from compulsory retirement for a period of one year by Executive Order No. 7613 of April 27, 1937, be further exempted from the provisions of this section and continued in the service until June 1, 1939; Now, Therefore , by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the aforesaid section, I do hereby exempt James Robertson from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until June 1, 1939. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, March 15, 1938.