Executive Order 8089 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 8089—Withdrawal of Public Lands for Use of the War Department for Flood Control Purposes

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Thursday, April 13, 1939

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1 min read (234 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 1939-04-13, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Withdrawal of Public Lands for Use of the War Department for Flood Control Purposes." 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.

▪ 497, and subject to the conditions therein expressed and to valid existing rights, it is ordered as follows: Section 1.

▪ 6964, dated February 5, 1935, as amended, temporarily withdrawing all public lands in certain states for classification and other purposes, is hereby revoked in so far as it affects the following-described tracts of public land in Oklahoma: INDIAN MERIDIAN T.

▪ The tracts of land described in section 1 of this order are hereby temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry and reserved for the use of the War Department for flood-control purposes within the purview of the act of June 22, 1936, c.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

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

Total Words

234

1,291 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

6.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 8089, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Apr 13, 1939). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8089-withdrawal-public-lands-for-use-the-war-department-for-flood-control.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

OKLAHOMA By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in the President 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 and to valid existing rights, it is ordered as follows: Section 1. Executive Order No. 6964, dated February 5, 1935, as amended, temporarily withdrawing all public lands in certain states for classification and other purposes, is hereby revoked in so far as it affects the following-described tracts of public land in Oklahoma: INDIAN MERIDIAN T. 26 N., R. 9 W., sec. 30, NW¼NE¼; T. 26 N., R. 10 W., sec. 5, SE¼NE¼, sec. 8, N½NE¼, sec. 9, NE¼SW¼; T. 27 N., R. 10 W., sec. 14, lot 4, sec. 23, lot 1, S½NW¼, and SW¼NE¼, sec. 28, NE¼SE¼, sec. 34, NW¼SW¼; CONTAINING 441.70 acres. Section 2. The tracts of land described in section 1 of this order are hereby temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry and reserved for the use of the War Department for flood-control purposes within the purview of the act of June 22, 1936, c. 688, 49 Stat. 1570. Section 3. The reservation made by section 2 of this order shall remain in force until revoked by the President or by act of Congress. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, April 13, 1939.