Executive Order 9528 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9528—Amending Executive Order No. 9096 to Provide a Change in the Order of Succession of Officers to Act as Secretary of the Navy

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Friday, March 2, 1945

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1 min read (207 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 1945-03-02, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending Executive Order No. 9096 to Provide a Change in the Order of Succession of Officers to Act as Secretary of the Navy." 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

▪ 9096 of March 12, 1942, providing for the reorganization of the Navy Department and the Naval Service affecting the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "6.

▪ During the temporary absence of the Secretary of the Navy, the order of succession of the officers who shall act as Secretary of the Navy shall be as follows: the Under Secretary of the Navy, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and the ‘Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, and Chief of Naval Operations'.

▪ In the temporary absence of all of these officers the Vice Chief of Naval Operations and the Chief of Staff, United States Fleet, respectively, shall be next in succession to act as Secretary of the Navy." FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, March 2, 1945.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

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

Total Words

207

1,169 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

16.8

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9528, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Mar 2, 1945). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9528-amending-executive-order-no-9096-provide-change-the-order-succession.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Title I of the First War Powers Act, 1941, approved December 18, 1941 (55 Stat. 838), and other applicable statutes, and as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States and as President of the United States, paragraph 6 of Executive Order No. 9096 of March 12, 1942, providing for the reorganization of the Navy Department and the Naval Service affecting the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "6. During the temporary absence of the Secretary of the Navy, the order of succession of the officers who shall act as Secretary of the Navy shall be as follows: the Under Secretary of the Navy, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and the ‘Commander in Chief, United States Fleet, and Chief of Naval Operations'. In the temporary absence of all of these officers the Vice Chief of Naval Operations and the Chief of Staff, United States Fleet, respectively, shall be next in succession to act as Secretary of the Navy." FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, March 2, 1945.