Executive Order 9007 Constitutional Friction / Overreach (-0.19)
Executive Order 9007—Transferring to the Service and Jurisdiction of the Navy Department Certain Officers of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
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 1942-01-02, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Transferring to the Service and Jurisdiction of the Navy Department Certain Officers of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey." 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
▪855), and in view of the existing national emergency, it is ordered that the following-named commissioned officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey be, and they are hereby, transferred to the service and jurisdiction of the Navy Department: Lieutenant George L.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
179
1,051 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
11.1
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
-0.19
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 9007, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jan 2, 1942). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9007-transferring-the-service-and-jurisdiction-the-navy-department-certain.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 16 of the act of May 22, 1917, 40 Stat. 87 (U.S.C., title 33, sec. 855), and in view of the existing national emergency, it is ordered that the following-named commissioned officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey be, and they are hereby, transferred to the service and jurisdiction of the Navy Department: Lieutenant George L. Anderson Lieutenant Ralph L. Pfau Lieutenant (jg) Ira T. Sanders Lieutenant (jg) Franklin R. Gossett Lieutenant (jg) John C. Tribble, Jr. The above-named officers shall serve under their commissions in the Coast and Geodetic Survey and while so serving shall constitute a part of the naval forces of the United States and shall be under direct orders of the Navy Department and subject to all laws, regulations, and orders for the government of the Navy in so far as the same may be applicable; and such officers shall be returned to the Coast and Geodetic Survey when the present national emergency ceases to exist. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, January 2, 1942.
