Executive Order 9212 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9212—Transportation to the United States of Certain Employees Terminating Service with the Panama Canal or the Panama Railroad Company on the Isthmus of Panama

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Saturday, August 1, 1942

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1 min read (299 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 1942-08-01, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Transportation to the United States of Certain Employees Terminating Service with the Panama Canal or the Panama Railroad Company on the Isthmus of Panama." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

▪ By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 81 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, as amended by section 3 of the act of July 9, 1937, 50 Stat.

▪ 1888 of February 2, 1914, as amended by Executive Order No.

▪ This order shall remain in effect during the continuance of the present war and for six months after the termination thereof.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities

Total Words

299

1,683 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

18.2

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9212, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Aug 1, 1942). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9212-transportation-the-united-states-certain-employees-terminating.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 81 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, as amended by section 3 of the act of July 9, 1937, 50 Stat. 487, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 15 of Executive Order No. 1888 of February 2, 1914, as amended by Executive Order No. 8215 of July 25, 1939, relating to the granting of free transportation to the United States of certain employees of The Panama Canal or the Panama Railroad Company on the Isthmus of Panama upon termination of their service, and without regard to the means of transportation by which such employees were conveyed to the Isthmus, the Governor of The Panama Canal is hereby authorized to furnish free transportation for any employee to which the said section 15 is applicable to a port or airport of the United States, such port or airport and the necessary carrier to be selected, in the Government's interest, by the Governor or by his authority: Provided, however, that transportation may be furnished to a port or airport of the United States, or by a carrier, other than that selected by the Governor or by his authority upon the condition that any cost thereof in excess of the cost of transportation to the port or airport, or by the carrier, selected by the Governor or by his authority shall be paid by the employee. 2. The Governor of The Panama Canal is authorized to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this order. 3. This order shall remain in effect during the continuance of the present war and for six months after the termination thereof. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, August 1, 1942.