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Executive Order 8507 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 8507—Withdrawal of Public Lands for the War Department

Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Thursday, August 8, 1940
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3 min read (551 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1940-08-08, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Withdrawal of Public Lands for the War Department." 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

▪ 1341), it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, all the public lands within the following-described areas be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws, including the mining laws, for the use of the War Department as an anti-aircraft firing range: SAN BERNARDINO MERIDIAN T.
▪ 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended, Executive Order of August 8, 1914, creating Public Water Reserve No.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
Total Words
551
2,694 characters
Estimated Read Time
3 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
5.8
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 8507, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Aug 8, 1940). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8507-withdrawal-public-lands-for-the-war-department.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
CALIFORNIA By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the act of July 9, 1918, 40 Stat. 845, 848 (U.S.C., title 10, sec. 1341), it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, all the public lands within the following-described areas be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws, including the mining laws, for the use of the War Department as an anti-aircraft firing range: SAN BERNARDINO MERIDIAN T. 14 N., R. 1 E., secs. 1 to 12 inclusive. T. 15 N., R. 1 E., all, partly unsurveyed. T. 16 N., R. 1 E., all, partly unsurveyed. T. 17 N., R. 1 E., all, partly unsurveyed. T. 18 N., R. 1 E., secs. 25 to 36, inclusive, unsurveyed. T. 12 N., R. 2 E., secs. 1 to 5 and 8 to 12, inclusive. T. 13 N., R. 2 E., all, partly unsurveyed. T. 14 N., R. 2 E., all, partly unsurveyed. T. 15 N., R. 2 E., all, partly sunsurveyed. T. 16 N., R. 2 E., all, partly unsurveyed. T. 17 N., R. 2 E., all, partly unsurveyed. T. 18 N., R. 2 E., secs. 25 to 36, inclusive, partly unsurveyed. T. 12 N., R. 3 E., secs. 1 to 18, inclusive. T. 13 N., R. 3 E., all. T. 14 N., R. 3 E., all, partly unsurveyed. T. 15 N., B. 3 E., all, partly unsurveyed. T. 16 N., R. 3 E., all, partly unsurveyed. T. 17 N., R. 3 E., all, partly unsurveyed. T. 18 N., R. 3 E., secs. 25 to 36, inclusive, partly unsurveyed. T. 12 N., R. 4 E., secs. 1 to 18, inclusive, partly unsurveyed. T. 13 N., R. 4 E., all. T. 14 N., R. 4 E., all, partly unsurveyed. T. 15, N., R. 4 E., all, partly unsurveyed. T. 16 N., R. 4 E., all, partly unsurveyed. T. 17 N., R. 4 E., all, unsurveyed. T. 18 N., R. 4 E., secs. 25 to 36, inclusive, .partly unsurveyed. T. 12 N., R. 5 E., secs. 5, 6, 7, 8, and 18. T. 13 N., R. 5 E., secs. 1 to 12, 14 to 23, and 27 to 33, inclusive. T. 14 N., R. 5 E., all, partly unsurveyed. T. 15 N., R. 5 E., all, partly unsurveyed. T. 16 N., R. 5 E., all, partly unsurveyed. T. 17 N., R. 5 E., secs. 13 to 36, inclusive, unsurveyed. T. 13 N., R. 6 E., sec. 6. T. 14 N., R. 6 E., secs. 3 to 10, 15 to 22, and 27 to 32, inclusive. T. 15 N., R. 6 E., secs. 3 to 10, 15 to 22, and 27 to 34, inclusive. T. 16 N., R. 6 E., secs. 3 to 10, 15 to 22, and 27 to 34, inclusive, partly unsurveyed. T. 17 N., R. 6 E., secs. 19 to 21 and 28 to 33, inclusive, unsurveyed; aggregating approximately 640,000 acres. This order supersedes as to any of the above-described lands affected thereby the withdrawals made by Executive Order No. 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended, Executive Order of August 8, 1914, creating Public Water Reserve No. 22, and Executive Order of November 9, 1923, creating Public Water Reserve No. 87. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, August 8, 1940.