Executive Order 9092 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9092—Designating the Honorable A. Cecil Snyder as Acting Judge of the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico

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Friday, March 6, 1942

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1 min read (135 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 "Designating the Honorable A. Cecil Snyder as Acting Judge of the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: Evaluated against the Fifth Amendment, this action touches upon property or economic rights. An early statesman would insist upon strict adherence to due process of law and the constitutional guarantee that private holdings shall not be encumbered or taken for public purposes without just compensation and lawful process.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 41 of the act entitled "An Act to provide a civil government for Puerto Rico, and for other purposes", approved March 2, 1917, as amended by section 2 of the act of March 26, 1938, 52 Stat.

▪ 863), I hereby designate and authorize the Honorable A.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

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Total Words

135

768 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

13.3

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9092, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Mar 6, 1942). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9092-designating-the-honorable-cecil-snyder-acting-judge-the-district.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 41 of the act entitled "An Act to provide a civil government for Puerto Rico, and for other purposes", approved March 2, 1917, as amended by section 2 of the act of March 26, 1938, 52 Stat. 118 (U.S.C., title 48, sec. 863), I hereby designate and authorize the Honorable A. Cecil Snyder, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, to perform and discharge the duties of Judge of the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico and to sign all necessary papers and records as Acting Judge of the said Court, without extra compensation, during the absence, illness, or other legal disability of the Judge thereof during the current calendar year. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, March 6, 1942.