Executive Order 8020 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 8020—Withdrawal of Public Land in Aid of Flood Control

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Friday, December 2, 1938

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1 min read (233 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 1938-12-02, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Withdrawal of Public Land in Aid of Flood Control." 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, c.

▪ This order shall continue in force until revoked by the President or by an act of Congress.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

233

1,207 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

6.5

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 8020, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Dec 2, 1938). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8020-withdrawal-public-land-aid-flood-control.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

ALASKA By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of June 25, 1910, c. 421, 36 Stat. 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, c. 369, 37 Stat. 497, and subject to the conditions therein expressed, it is ordered that all public lands in the following-described areas in Alaska be, and they are hereby, temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, for flood-control purposes in connection with the Tanana River and Chena Slough flood-control project under the supervision of the War Department as authorized by the act of June 28, 1938, 52 Stat. 1215: FAIRBANKS MERIDIAN T. 2 S., R. 2 E., secs. 22 to 27, inclusive, 35 and 36, T. 3 S., R. 2 E., those parts of secs. 1, 2 and 12 east of Tanana River, T. 2 S., R. 3 E., secs. 19 and 28 td 34, inclusive (unsurveyed), T. 3 S., R. 3 E., all east of Tanana River (partly unsurveyed), T. 4 S., R. 3 E., secs. 1, 12 and 13, T. 3 S., R. 4 E., secs. 6, 7, 18, 19, 30 and 31 (unsurveyed), T. 4 S., R. 4 E., secs. 6, 7, 18 and 19, containing approximately 24,503.53 acres. This order shall continue in force until revoked by the President or by an act of Congress. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, December 2, 1938.