Executive Order 7236 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7236—Charlotte, North Carolina, Little Rock, Arkansas, and Dubuque, Iowa, Abolished as Customs Ports of Entry

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Wednesday, November 27, 1935

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1 min read (86 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 1935-11-27, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Charlotte, North Carolina, Little Rock, Arkansas, and Dubuque, Iowa, Abolished as Customs Ports of Entry." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 2), the following customs ports of entry in the customs collection districts named are hereby abolished effective 30 days from the date of this order: Charlotte, North Carolina, customs collection district no.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises

Total Words

535 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

8.7

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 7236, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Nov 27, 1935). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7236-charlotte-north-carolina-little-rock-arkansas-and-dubuque-iowa.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of August 1, 1914, 38 Stat. 609, 623 (19 U.S.C., sec. 2), the following customs ports of entry in the customs collection districts named are hereby abolished effective 30 days from the date of this order: Charlotte, North Carolina, customs collection district no. 15 (North Carolina) Little Rock, Arkansas, customs collection district no. 43 (Tennessee) Dubuque, Iowa, customs collection district no. 44 (Iowa) FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, November 27, 1935.