Executive Order 9090 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9090—Establishing an Airspace Reservation Over Portions of Ulster and Dutchess Counties, New York

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Friday, March 6, 1942

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1 min read (243 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 1942-03-06, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Establishing an Airspace Reservation Over Portions of Ulster and Dutchess Counties, New York." 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

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Establishing an Airspace Reservation Over Portions of Ulster and Dutchess Counties, New York.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

243

1,498 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

22.3

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9090, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Mar 6, 1942). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9090-establishing-airspace-reservation-over-portions-ulster-and-dutchess.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 4 of the Air Commerce Act of May 20, 1926 (44 Stat. 570), the air space above the following-described portions of Ulster and Dutchess Counties, New York, is hereby reserved and set apart for national defense and other governmental purposes and for public safety purposes as an airspace reservation within which no person shall navigate a civil aircraft except by special permission of the Administrator of Civil Aeronautics: All that area within Ulster and Dutchess Counties, New York, lying within the following-described boundary: Beginning at the Biver Landing on the West Bank of Hudson River at East Kingston, Ulster County; thence in an East-Northeasterly direction to the center line of the Central New England Railroad Bridge over Shehomeko Creek at Pine Plains, Dutchess County: thence South-Southeast to the center line of the New York Central Railroad Bridge over Ten-Mile River at Dover Plains, Dutchess County; thence West-Southwest to the Southeast corner of the Mld-Hudson Bridge at Poughkeepsie, New York, and continuing on this line to the West Bank of the Hudson River, Ulster County; thence along the West Bank of the Hudson River to the point of origin. Any person navigating an aircraft within this airspace reservation in violation of the provisions of this order will be subject to the penalties prescribed in the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 (52 Stat. 973), as amended. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, March 6, 1942.