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Executive Order 10850 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10850—Modifying the Exterior Boundaries of Certain National Forests in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and South Carolina

Friday, November 27, 1959
23 min read (4,532 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 Dwight D. Eisenhower on 1959-11-27, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Modifying the Exterior Boundaries of Certain National Forests in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and South Carolina." It is an expansive, comprehensive regulatory directive mandating coordinated enforcement, detailed procedural standards, and formal agency compliance benchmarks across multiple federal departments.

Constitutional Assessment: Reviewed under the Tenth Amendment and the principle of dual federalism, this order touches upon domains traditionally reserved to the sovereign States. The Framers would caution against any attempt to commandeer state officers or displace local police powers through federal executive fiat.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

473), and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1.
9044); (7) the Ouachita National Forest, Arkansas and Oklahoma, established as the Arkansas National Forest by Proclamation of December 18, 1907 (35 Stat.
1548), are hereby modified to exclude therefrom the following described lands: 1.
The reservations made by this order shall not affect any claim, filing, or entry heretofore made and hereafter legally maintained, or any prior withdrawal of land for other public purposes, so long as such withdrawal remains in effect.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
Total Words
4,532
23,690 characters
Estimated Read Time
23 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
5.7
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 10850, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Nov 27, 1959). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10850-modifying-the-exterior-boundaries-certain-national-forests-alabama.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)