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Executive Order 9293 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9293—Quarry Heights Military Reservation, Canal Zone

Saturday, January 2, 1943
6 min read (1,252 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1943-01-02, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Quarry Heights Military Reservation, Canal Zone." 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

And as President of the United States, the following-described area of land situated in the Canal Zone is hereby reserved and set apart as, and assigned to the uses and purposes of.
A military reservation, which shall be known as Quarry Heights Military Reservation, and shall be under the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of War, except that it shall be subject to the civil jurisdiction of the Canal Zone authorities in conformity with the provisions of the Canal Zone Code: Beginning at a 4-inch square brass plate (engraved Q.
7407 of July 6, 1936, establishing the Quarry Heights Military Reservation, and any lands affected by that order and not contained within the area described in this order are hereby released from the said reservation.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
1,252
7,131 characters
Estimated Read Time
6 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
5.7
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9293, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jan 2, 1943). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9293-quarry-heights-military-reservation-canal-zone.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)