Executive Order 9456 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9456—Suspending Certain Statutory Provisions Relating to Employment in the Canal Zone

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Thursday, July 13, 1944

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1 min read (117 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 1944-07-13, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Suspending Certain Statutory Provisions Relating to Employment in the Canal Zone." 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

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Suspending Certain Statutory Provisions Relating to Employment in the Canal Zone.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

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

Total Words

117

683 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9456, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jul 13, 1944). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9456-suspending-certain-statutory-provisions-relating-employment-the-canal.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the War Department Civil Appropriation Act, 1945 (Public Law. 352, 78th Congress), section 108 of the Naval Appropriation Act, 1945 (Public Law 347, 78th Congress), and section 7 of the Military Appropriaton Act, 1945 (Public Law 374, 78th Congress), relating to certain kinds of employment in the Canal Zone, and deeming such course to be in the public interest, I hereby suspend, from and including the effective date of the said Acts, compliance with the provisions of the said sections during the continuance of any of the wars in which the United States is now engaged. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, July 13, 1944.