Executive Order 9498 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
Executive Order 9498—Amending Executive Order 9079 of February 26, 1942, Making Certain Public Health Service Hospitals Available for the Care and Treatment of Insane Persons
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 1944-11-11, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending Executive Order 9079 of February 26, 1942, Making Certain Public Health Service Hospitals Available for the Care and Treatment of Insane Persons." 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
▪8), and by Title I of the First War Powers Act, 1941, approved December 18, 1941 (Public Law 354, 77th Congress), paragraph 4 of Executive Order 9079 of February 26, 1942, making certain Public Health Service hospitals available for the care and treatment of insane persons, is hereby amended to read as follows: 4.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
🏛️ Public Health & Medical Institutions
Total Words
163
940 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
13.8
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 9498, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Nov 11, 1944). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9498-amending-executive-order-9079-february-26-1942-making-certain-public.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 4 of the act of July 1, 1902, 32 Stat. 713, as modified by section 1 of the act of August 14, 1912, 37 Stat. 309 (U.S.C., Title 42, sec. 8), and by Title I of the First War Powers Act, 1941, approved December 18, 1941 (Public Law 354, 77th Congress), paragraph 4 of Executive Order 9079 of February 26, 1942, making certain Public Health Service hospitals available for the care and treatment of insane persons, is hereby amended to read as follows: 4. To the extent deemed necessary and proper by the Federal Security Administrator, and under his direction, payment may be made, either in advance or by reimbursement at the end of each month, to the appropriation for the operation and maintenance of said Public Health Service hospitals from the appropriation for the care and maintenance of patients at Saint Elizabeths Hospital. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, November 11, 1944.
