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Executive Order 9995 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9995—Restoring Cetain Lands of the Schofield Barracks Military Reservation and the Wheeler Field Military Reservation to the Jurisdiction of the Territory of Hawaii

Thursday, September 2, 1948
34 min read (6,853 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 Harry S Truman on 1948-09-02, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Restoring Cetain Lands of the Schofield Barracks Military Reservation and the Wheeler Field Military Reservation to the Jurisdiction of the Territory of Hawaii." It is an expansive, comprehensive regulatory directive mandating coordinated enforcement, detailed procedural standards, and formal agency compliance benchmarks across multiple federal departments.

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

159, as amended by section 7 of the act of May 27, 1910, 36 Stat.
447, it is ordered as follows: The following parcels of land comprising a part of the Schofield Barracks Military Reservation and the Wheeler Field Military Reservation, both located on the Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, are hereby restored to the jurisdiction of the Territory of Hawaii for use for road purposes, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter stated: I.
The parcel of land designated XXX above shall be used as a parking area for off-street parking.
The Territory of Hawaii shall remove all buildings and utilities from the above-described land and shall relocate the same as directed by the Commanding General, Schofield Barracks Military Reservation, and the Commanding Officer, Wheeler Field Military Reservation.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
Total Words
6,853
43,898 characters
Estimated Read Time
34 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
9
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9995, Harry S Truman (Sep 2, 1948). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9995-restoring-cetain-lands-the-schofield-barracks-military-reservation.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)