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Executive Order 11172 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 11172—Setting Aside for the Use of the United States Certain Public Lands and Other Public Property Located at the Kapalama Military Reservation, Hawaii

Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson
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Wednesday, August 19, 1964
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2 min read (406 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 Lyndon B. Johnson on 1964-08-19, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Setting Aside for the Use of the United States Certain Public Lands and Other Public Property Located at the Kapalama Military Reservation, Hawaii." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

▪ 750), or which have been acquired in exchange for lands or properties so ceded, are hereby set aside for the use of the United States* in fee simple subject to valid existing rights— Kapalama Military Reservation Portion Of Tract D Land situated at Kaliawa and Mokauea, Kalihi, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities
Total Words
406
2,415 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
5.4
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 11172, Lyndon B. Johnson (Aug 19, 1964). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-11172-setting-aside-for-the-use-the-united-states-certain-public-lands-and.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 5 (d) of the Act of March 18, 1959, providing for the admission of the State of Hawaii into the Union (73 Stat. 5), and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows— All lands and other property hereinafter described, being lands and property which were ceded to the United States by the Republic of Hawaii under the joint resolution of annexation, approved July 7,1898 (30 Stat. 750), or which have been acquired in exchange for lands or properties so ceded, are hereby set aside for the use of the United States* in fee simple subject to valid existing rights— Kapalama Military Reservation Portion Of Tract D Land situated at Kaliawa and Mokauea, Kalihi, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii. Being portions of the former Kaliawa Fishery (Territorial Condemnation Law No. 16653) and the former Mokauea Fishery (Territorial Condemnation Law No. 16696). Beginning at the south corner of this piece of land, also being on the easterly boundary of Sand Island Access Road, the coordinates of said point of beginning from Government Survey Triangulation Station "Punchbowl" being 1,718.21 feet North and 13,602.01 feet West, thence running by azimuths measured clockwise from true South: 1. 154°00'20" 1,561.35 feet along the easterly boundary of Sand Island Access Road 2. 247°21' 64.77 feet along U.S. Civil Action 504; 3. 277°54' 17.30 feet along U.S. Civil Action 504; 4. 310°35' 62.70 feet along U.S. Civil Action 496; 5. 318°35' 47.50 feet along U.S. Civil Action 496; 6. 288°00' 80.00 feet along U.S. Civil Action 496; 7. 264°40' 28.08 feet along U.S. Civil Action 496; 8. 339°50' 148.44 feet along U.S. Civil Action 496; 9. 336°21' 199.76 feet along U.S. Civil Action 496; 10. 323°05' 111.00 feet along U.S. Civil Action 496; 11. 301°02' 30.84 feet along U.S. Civil Action 496; 12. 279°21' 128.30 feet along U.S. Civil Action 496; 13. 265°10' 168.85 feet along U.S. Civil Action 496; 14. 264°03' 90.10 feet along U.S. Civil Action 496; 15. 355°06' 94.36 feet along U.S. Civil Action 469; 16. 353°22' 159.69 feet along U.S. Civil Action 469; 17. 350°46' 285.65 feet along U.S. Civil Action 469; 18. 345°53' 154.93 feet along U.S. Civil Action 469; 19. 340°27' 30" 67.53 feet along U.S. Civil Action 469; 20. 64°00'20" 352.96 feet to the beginning and containing an area of 11.36 acres, more or less. LYNDON B. JOHNSON The White House, August 19, 1964.