Executive Order 9670 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9670—Establishing the Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge

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Friday, December 28, 1945

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1 min read (259 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 Harry S Truman on 1945-12-28, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Establishing the Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

▪ This reservation shall be known as the Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

259

1,587 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

29.7

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9670, Harry S Truman (Dec 28, 1945). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9670-establishing-the-tennessee-national-wildlife-refuge.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

WHEREAS on November 29, 1945, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the United States Department of the Interior entered into an agreement providing for the transfer by the Authority to the Department of certain rights with respect to the lands therein designated and described in the counties of Henry, Benton, Humphreys, and Decatur, Tennessee, so that such lands might be reserved and used as a wildlife refuge, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the agreement and subject to my approval of the agreement and my establishment of the contemplated refuge; and WHEREAS I have this day approved the said agreement between the Tennessee Valley Authority and the United States Department of the Interior; and WHEREAS it appears that the establishment of the wildlife refuge contemplated by the agreement will further the purposes of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act (45 Stat. 1222) and is in the public interest: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, I hereby reserve and set apart for the use of the Department of the Interior as a refuge and wildlife management area for migratory birds and other wildlife the lands designated and described for that purpose in the said agreement of November 29, 1945, between the Tennessee Valley Authority and the United States Department of the Interior, such reservation to be in accordance with, and subject to, the terms and conditions of the said agreement. This reservation shall be known as the Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, December 28, 1945