Executive Order 8015 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 8015—Correcting the Description of Lands Reserved as Union Slough Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, Iowa

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Wednesday, November 30, 1938

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1 min read (160 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 1938-11-30, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Correcting the Description of Lands Reserved as Union Slough Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, Iowa." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: Reviewed under the Tenth Amendment and the principle of dual federalism, this order touches upon domains traditionally reserved to the sovereign States. The Framers would caution against any attempt to commandeer state officers or displace local police powers through federal executive fiat.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 7976 of September 19, 1938: Now, Therefore , by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that the said description contained in Executive Order No.

▪ 7976 of September 19, 1938, be, and it is hereby, corrected to read as follows: FIFTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities

Total Words

160

988 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

7.7

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 8015, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Nov 30, 1938). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8015-correcting-the-description-lands-reserved-union-slough-migratory.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Whereas errors have been discovered in the description of the lands reserved as the Union Slough Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, in the State of Iowa, by Executive Order No. 7976 of September 19, 1938: Now, Therefore , by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that the said description contained in Executive Order No. 7976 of September 19, 1938, be, and it is hereby, corrected to read as follows: FIFTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T. 97 N., R. 28 W., sec. 3, fractional N½NE¼, NW¼SW¼NE¼. the east 0.28 chain SE¼NE¼, fractional E½N½NW¼, diagonal SE½ of fractional W½N½NW¼, S½NW¼, NW¼NE¼SW¼, and W½SW¼; sec. 4, SE¼SW¼NE¼, NE¼SE¼NE¼, S½SE¼NE¼, NE¼SE¼, E½NW¼SE¼, NE¼SW¼SE¼, S½SW¼SE¼, and SE¼SE¼; sec. 9, W½NE¼NE¼, W½NE¼, SE¼NE¼NW¼, SE¼NW¼, E½SW¼, NE¼SW¼SW¼, SE¼NE¼SE¼, NW¼SE¼, and S½SE¼; sec. 10, SW¼NW¼SW¼, S½SW¼, and S½SE¼; T. 98 N., R. 28 W., sec. 34, diagonal SE½S½SE¼SW¼ and SE¼; sec. 35, SW¼. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, November 30, 1938.