Executive Order 9270 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9270—Correcting Executive Order No. 9257 of October 15, 1942, Enlarging Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1

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Friday, November 13, 1942

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1 min read (113 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 1942-11-13, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Correcting Executive Order No. 9257 of October 15, 1942, Enlarging Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ CALIFORNIA By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that the land description contained in Executive Order No.

▪ 1, in California, be, and it is hereby, corrected to read as follows: MOUNT DIABLO BASE AND MERIDIAN T.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

113

586 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

5.6

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9270, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Nov 13, 1942). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9270-correcting-executive-order-no-9257-october-15-1942-enlarging-naval.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

CALIFORNIA By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that the land description contained in Executive Order No. 9257 of October 15, 1942, enlarging Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1, in California, be, and it is hereby, corrected to read as follows: MOUNT DIABLO BASE AND MERIDIAN T. 30 S., R 24 E., secs. 21 and 22, all; sec. 23, S½, NW¼NW¼, S½NW¼, and SW¼NE¼; sec. 24, S½SW¼ and SW¼SE¼; secs. 25, 26, 27, 35 and 36, all. T. 30 S., R. 25 E., sec 31, W½. T. 31 S., R. 25 E., sec. 6, W½. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, November 13, 1942.