Executive Order 9787 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9787—Amendment of Executive Order 7747 of November 20, 1937, as Amended, Establishing the San Clemente Island Naval Defensive Sea Area

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Saturday, October 5, 1946

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1 min read (226 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 1946-10-05, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of Executive Order 7747 of November 20, 1937, as Amended, Establishing the San Clemente Island Naval Defensive Sea Area." 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

▪ 7747 of November 20, 1937, as amended by Executive Order 8536 of September 6, 1940, is hereby amended to read as follows: "By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the provisions of section 44 of the Criminal Code, as amended (18 U.

▪ The said area shall be known as San Clemente Island Naval Defensive Sea Area.

▪ "At no time shall vessels or other craft be navigated within the defensive sea area above defined except such as are authorized by the Secretary of the Navy.

▪ "Any person violating the provisions of this order shall be subject to the penalties provided by law." HARRY S.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

226

1,285 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

15.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9787, Harry S Truman (Oct 5, 1946). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9787-amendment-executive-order-7747-november-20-1937-amended-establishing.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Executive Order No. 7747 of November 20, 1937, as amended by Executive Order 8536 of September 6, 1940, is hereby amended to read as follows: "By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the provisions of section 44 of the Criminal Code, as amended (18 U. S. C. 96), the area of water surrounding San Clemente Island, California, extended from low-water mark out for a distance of three hundred yards beyond the low-water mark, except in Wilson Cove, where it is to extend one hundred yards beyond low-water mark, and including that part of Pyramid Cove lying north of a line between a point one thousand yards south of China Point light and a point three hundred yards south of White washed Rock, is hereby established as a defensive sea area for purposes of national defense, subject to the uses reserved for the Department of Commerce by Executive Order 6897 of November 7, 1934. The said area shall be known as San Clemente Island Naval Defensive Sea Area. "At no time shall vessels or other craft be navigated within the defensive sea area above defined except such as are authorized by the Secretary of the Navy. "Any person violating the provisions of this order shall be subject to the penalties provided by law." HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, October 5, 1946