Executive Order 8101 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 8101—Withdrawal of Public Land for Use of the War Department as a Target Range for the Wyoming National Guard

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Friday, April 28, 1939

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1 min read (198 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 1939-04-28, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Withdrawal of Public Land for Use of the War Department as a Target Range for the Wyoming National Guard." 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, it is ordered as follows: Section 1.

▪ 6910 of November 26, 1934, 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 land in Wyoming: SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T.

▪ Subject to the conditions expressed in the above-mentioned acts and to all valid existing rights, the tracts of land described in section 1 of this order are hereby temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, and reserved for use of the War Department as a target range for the Wyoming National Guard.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

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

Total Words

198

1,112 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

8.2

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 8101, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Apr 28, 1939). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8101-withdrawal-public-land-for-use-the-war-department-target-range-for.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

WYOMING By virtue of 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, it is ordered as follows: Section 1. Executive Order No. 6910 of November 26, 1934, 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 land in Wyoming: SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T. 33 N., R. 99 W., sec. 3, S½SE¼, and SE¼SW¼, sec. 10, S½, E½NW¼ and NE¼, sec. 15, N½, SE¼ and E½SW¼, 1240 acres. Section 2. Subject to the conditions expressed in the above-mentioned acts and to all valid existing rights, the tracts of land described in section 1 of this order are hereby temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, and reserved for use of the War Department as a target range for the Wyoming National Guard. 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 28, 1939.