Executive Order 7442 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7442—Withdrawal of Public Lands for Use of War Department as Enlargement of a Target Range in the State of New Mexico

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Monday, August 31, 1936

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1 min read (191 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 Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1936-08-31, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Withdrawal of Public Lands for Use of War Department as Enlargement of a Target Range in the State of New Mexico." 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

▪ 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, ch.

▪ 497, and subject to the conditions therein expressed and to valid existing rights, it is ordered that the following-described lands be, and they are hereby, temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry and reserved for use of the War Department as an enlargement of a target range used by the New Mexico National Guard.

▪ 6910 dated November 26, 1934, as amended by Executive Order No.

▪ 7274, dated January 14, 1936, are hereby modified to the extent necessary to make this order effective.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

191

1,066 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

6.3

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 7442, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Aug 31, 1936). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7442-withdrawal-public-lands-for-use-war-department-enlargement-target.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of June 25, 1910, ch. 421, 36 Stat. 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, ch. 369, 37 Stat. 497, and subject to the conditions therein expressed and to valid existing rights, it is ordered that the following-described lands be, and they are hereby, temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry and reserved for use of the War Department as an enlargement of a target range used by the New Mexico National Guard. T. 23 S., R. 10 W., N.M.P.M., Sec. 3, NW¼, N½SW¼, SE¼SW¼; Sec. 5, E½; Sec. 8, NE¼; Sec. 9, NE¼,N½SE¼; Sec. 10, E½NW¼, SE¼NW¼, E½SW¼. Executive Orders No. 6143 dated May 23, 1933, No. 6276 dated September 8, 1933, and No. 6910 dated November 26, 1934, as amended by Executive Order No. 7274, dated January 14, 1936, are hereby modified to the extent necessary to make this order effective. This order shall continue in full force and effect unless and until revoked by the President or by act of Congress. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, August 31, 1936.