Executive Order 10218 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10218—Establishing an Airspace Reservation Over the Las Vegas Project, Las Vegas, Nevada

•

Wednesday, February 28, 1951

•

1 min read (190 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 1951-02-28, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Establishing an Airspace Reservation Over the Las Vegas Project, Las Vegas, Nevada." 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

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Establishing an Airspace Reservation Over the Las Vegas Project, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments

Total Words

190

1,143 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

18.5

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

📜

Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10218, Harry S Truman (Feb 28, 1951). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10218-establishing-airspace-reservation-over-the-las-vegas-project-las.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 4 of the Air Commerce Act of 1926 (44 Stat. 570), the airspace above the following-described portion of the United States is hereby reserved and set apart for national defense and other governmental purposes as an airspace reservation within which no person shall navigate an aircraft except by authority of the United States Atomic Energy Commission; All that area within the United States lying within the following-described boundaries: Las Vegas Project, Las Vegas, Nevada Beginning at Latitude 37° 16' 00", Longitude 115° 56' 00"; thence due south to Latitude 36° 41'00", Longitude 115° 56' 00"; thence due west to Latitude 36° 41' 00", Longitude 116° 13' 00"; thence due north to Latitude 37° 16' 00", Longitude 116° 13' 00"; thence due east to Latitude 37° 16' 00", Longitude 115° 56' 00", the point of beginning. Any person navigating an aircraft within this airspace reservation in violation of the provisions of this order will be subject to the penalties prescribed in the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 (52 Stat. 973), as amended. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, February 28, 1951