Executive Order 7800 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7800—Transferring Certain Lands to the Control and Jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy, Cuba

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Thursday, January 27, 1938

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1 min read (174 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 1938-01-27, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Transferring Certain Lands to the Control and Jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy, Cuba." 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

▪ 1274), and in the interest of the national defense, it is ordered that there be, and there is hereby, transferred from the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of War to the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy, all that portion of military reservation No.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments

Total Words

174

1,015 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

13.2

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 7800, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jan 27, 1938). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7800-transferring-certain-lands-the-control-and-jurisdiction-the-secretary.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and by the act of July 11, 1919, 41 Stat. 131, 132 (10 U.S.C., sec. 1274), and in the interest of the national defense, it is ordered that there be, and there is hereby, transferred from the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of War to the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy, all that portion of military reservation No. 1 at Cuzco Hills, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, created by order of the President dated January 9, 1904, that lies north of an imaginary east and west line 4,000 feet due north of the Windward Point Lighthouse, with the following exceptions: (1) That portion of military reservation No. 1 that was transferred by the Secretary of War to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor on September 18, 1905, for a lighthouse depot. (2) Existing rights of certain telegraph and cable companies heretofore granted under Presidential licenses. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, January 27, 1938.